Write an equation to match a story problem
James and his brother went to the Sea Life Aquarium. When they got to the octopus tank, they saw 24 legs waving at them. How many optopuses did they see in the tank?
24 divided by 8 equals 3
7 x 5 =
Cookies come in bags of 5. If I bought 7 bags, how many cookies would I have all together?
8 x 5 = _____
40
___ x 4 = 24
6
Array
An arrangement with equal rows and columns.
My friends and I went to the skateboard park. We saw 16 wheels rolling up and down the ramps. How many skateboards did we see? Fill in the bubble beside the matching expression and fill in the answer.
16 divided by 4 equals 4
35 divided by 5
I have 30 cookies and 5 dogs. If I share the cookies evenly, how many cookies would each dog get?
My array has the dimensions of 3 and 6. How many tiles did I use?
18
8 divided by 2
4
Estimate
A reasonable guess using what I know or rough calculation.
Erin and Devon are playing a game. Erin has 42 points. If Devon had 14 more points, he’d have double the points Erin has. How many points does Devon have?
42+42-14= 70 points
3 x 2 =
Three people were on the bus, how many legs?
The carnival ride lasts 7 minutes. If I rode it 7 times, how many total minutes did I spend on the ride?
49 minutes
__ x 5 = 30
6
Area
The total number of square units needed to cover a two-dimensional surface.
Sara has 3 bags of shells. Each bag has 10 shells in it. Her brother Max has 5 bags of shells. Each bag has 6 shells in it. Do Sara and Max have the same number of shells? Use labeled sketches, numbers, or words to prove your answer.
3x10=30 Sarah
5x6=30 Max
They get the same number of shells.
20 divided by 5 equals 4
I have $20 to spend and yo-yos cost $5 each. How many yo-yos can I buy?
12 x 4 =
48
Mr. See has a collection of stamps. He has 45 total stamps, with 9 stamps on each page. How many pages of stamps does he have?
45 divided by 9 equals 5
Product
The answer to a multiplication equation.
Mrs. Gorman has 28 tape measures and she wants to put the same number of tape measures in each toolkit. She has 9 toolkits. How many tape measures will each kit get? Will there be any left over?
28 divided by 9 equals 3 tape measures per kit.
4 x 12 = 48
I bought 4 dozen eggs, how many eggs to I have all together?
Write the fact family for this equation:
7 x 4 = ___
28 = 7 x 4
28 = 4 x 7
28 divided by 4 equals 7
28 divided by 7 equals 4
Steve baked 36 cookies. He put 4 cookies in each bag. How many bags of cookies did he have?
9
Factor
a whole number that divides evenly into another number.