Vocabulary
Multiplication
Division
Word Problems 1
Multiplicative comparison
100
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
product
100
56 x 8
448
100
72 ÷ 8
9
100
Nancy has 25 books. Sara has 5 times more books than Nancy. How many books does Sara have ?
125 books
100

4 times as many as 5 is?

20

200
What is the answer to a division problem?
Quotient
200
734 x 4
2,936
200
85 ÷ 5
17
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

28 is 3 times as much as?

7

300
What is the name for the numbers being multiplied together?
factors
300
3,834 x 8
30,672
300
365 ÷ 2
182 r 1
300
Mary goes fishing with Joan. They catch 4 trout. If they equally split up the trout, how may will each one get ?
2 trout
300

7 times as many as 8 is?

56

400
What is the name for the number that is dividing into another number?
Divisor
400
12 x 74
888
400

8106 ÷ 5

1621 r 1

400
Benny had 210 dollars to spend on 7 books. After buying them he had 14 dollars. How much did each book cost?
$28
400

9 times as many as 6 is?

54

500
What is the name for the number that is being divided up?
Dividend
500
78 x 94
7,332
500

5721 ÷ 8

715 r 1

500
Tom bought 5 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 47 cards left. How many cards did Tom start with ?
89 baseball cards
500

45 is 5 times as much as?

9