Vocabulary
Multiplication #1
Word Problems 1
Multiplication #2
Word Problems 2
100
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
product
100

56 x 8

448

100
Nancy has 25 books. Sara has 5 times more books than Nancy. How many books does Sara have ?
125 books
100

8 x 43

344

100

There are 43 calories in a candy bar. How many calories are there in 41 candy bars?

1,763 calories

200

What is the name for the "pieces" we get when using our Box model?

Partial products

200

734 x 4

2,936

200
Sara has 49 orange balloons and 17 blue balloons. Sally has 5 times more orange balloons than Sara. How many orange balloons does Sally have?
245 orange balloons
200

5  x 923 

4,615

200

Mr. Diaz's class is taking a field trip to the science museum. There are 23 students in the class, and a student admission ticket is $8. How much will the student tickets cost?

$184

300
What is the name for the numbers being multiplied together?
factors
300

391 x 6

2,346

300

Kyle and Karen each bought 6 books of ride tickets at the fair. Each book has 15 tickets. How many tickets did they buy altogether?

180 tickets

300

6 x 532

3,192

300

By recycling 1 ton of paper, 6,953 gallons of water are saved. How many gallons of water are saved by recycling 4 tons of paper?

27,812 gallons

400

What do we call a "rounded" answer?

Estimate

400

3,834 x 8

30,672

400

It will cost $73 per hour to rent a sailboat and $88 per hour to rent a ski boat. How much more will it cost to rent a ski boat then a sailboat for 4 hours?

$60 more

400

3 x 2,828

8,484

400

Lafayette County has a population of 7,022 people. Columbia County's population is 8 times as great as Lafayette County's population. What is the population of Columbia County?

56,176 people

500

To find an estimated answer, we do this to our numbers before multiplying. 

Round
500

7,823 x 4

31,292

500

Julian counted the number of times he drove across the Seven Mile Bridge while vacationing in the Florida Keys. He crossed the bridge 34 times. How many miles in all did Julian drive crossing the bridge?

238 miles

500

7 x 5,096

35,672

500

Hector planted 185 flowers in 2 days. There were 5 volunteers, including Hector, who each planted about the same number of flowers. About how many flowers did they plant?

About 1,000 flowers