Mental Patterns
50 x 5
250
Ricky made 5 baskets in last week’s basketball game. This week he made twice as many. How many baskets did Ricky make this week?
10 baskets
8 x 3
24
In this week’s soccer game, Julie played 3 times the number of minutes she played in last week’s game. If she played 18 minutes this week, how many minutes did she play last week?
? x 3 = 18
6 minutes
6 x 71
426
In today’s basketball game, Ella made 4 times the number of baskets that Kay made. If Ella made 12 baskets, how many did Kay make?
? x 4 = 12
3 baskets
Solve the equation. 63 x 18
What is 1,134?
91 x 42
3,822
List the first 5 multiples of 3.
3, 6, 9, 12, 15
Solve the equation. 243 x 5
What is 1,215?
51 x 8
408
List the first 5 multiples of 9.
9, 18, 27, 36, 45