Word Problems
Fact Families
2 Step
Vocabulary
Draw a model
100

Everett has 24 pieces of cake. He wants to share the cake equally between his 3 best friends. How many pieces of cake should each friend get?

8 pieces of cake

100
Complete the fact family: 3 x 4= 12 12÷3 = 4 4 x 3 = 12 ________
12 ÷ 4 = 3
100

Ms. Crowe collects 8 erasers during the school day. Then she finds 4 more erasers after school. She wants to share all of her erasers equally between 2 students. How many erasers does each student get?

6 erasers each

100
18 ÷ 6 = 3 Which number represents the divisor?
6
100

Tatum has 50 origami butterflies. He has 5 friends and he wants to give each friend an equal number of butterflies. How many origami butterflies does Jaden give to each friend? Draw an ARRAY to show your answer.

(Draw array on board)

200

Camila has 30 origami cranes. She wants to spread peace, so she plans to share her origami cranes equally between her 6 family members. How many cranes will each family member get?

5 origami cranes

200
Complete the fact family: 8 x 5 = ____ 5 x 8 = ____ ___ ÷ 5 = 8 ___ ÷ 8 = 5
40
200

DAILY DOUBLE Mrs. Bailey buys a pet snake and 30 crickets that the snake can eat for dinner. The snake eats 3 crickets. The remaining crickets hide out in 9 small logs. If the crickets are spread out equally between the 9 logs, how many crickets are in each log?

3 crickets in each log.

200
94 ÷ 2 = 47 What do you call the 47 in this equation?
The quotient
200

Yarenii has 30 carrots. She feeds each guinea pig 3 carrots. How many pieces of carrot does she give to each guinea pig? Draw an ARRAY to represent your problem.

(draw an array on the board)

300

Gael adopts 36 puppies from the local shelter. 9 different families want to adopt the puppies. If he distributes the puppies equally between the 9 families, how many puppies will each family get?

4 puppies for each family

300
Complete the fact family: 2 x 19 = 38 19 x 2 = 38 ____ ÷ 2 = _____ ____ ÷ 19 = _____
38 ÷ 2 = 19 38 ÷ 19 = 2
300

Ethan has 32 magic cards. Then his dad gives him 4 more magic cards as a special christmas gift. Elliot decides to split the magic cards equally into 6 protective binders. How many cards will do into each binder?

6 cards in each binder

300
What do you call two lines that go on forever in either direction and NEVER intersect (and are the same distance apart)?
Parallel
300

Luke bakes 56 cupcakes for the school bake sale. He sells them equally between 7 house teams. How many cupcakes does each house team get? Use a BAR MODEL to represent the problem.

(draw a bar model on the board)

400

Mrs. Bailey has 81 pieces of candy in her classroom. She wants to divide the candy equally between 8 students and herself. How many pieces of candy will each person get?

9 pieces of candy each

400
Find the error in the fact family: 80 x 9 = 720 720 ÷ 8 = 90 9 x 80 = 720 720 ÷ 80 = 9
720 ÷ 8 = 90
400

Jorge buys a bag of 100 jelly beans for the class party. He eats 19 by himself and then shares the rest equally between his 9 best friends. How many jelly beans does each friend get?

9 jelly beans each

400
7 x 8 = 56 What do you call both 7 and 8 in the equation above?
factors
400

Nancy creates 81 hoverboards for the Berlin Science Fair. She passes out the hoverboards equally between 9 volunteers so they can demonstrate how the hoverboards work to the observers. How many hoverboards does each volunteer get? Draw a BAR MODEL to represent your equation.

(draw a bar model on the board

500

Sofi has 92 cats. Then she finds 8 more in the alley. She wants to share all of her cats equally between her 10 classmates. How many cats will each classmate get?

10 cats each.

500
Create your own fact family using two 2-digit numbers and one 1-digit number.
Answers vary
500

Mrs. Parker has 72 pieces of chocolate. She share them equally between 9 students. Then, one of the 9 students shares their pieces of chocolate equally between their 2 little sisters. How much chocolate does each little sister get?

4 pieces of chocolate.

500
What do you call the answer to a subtraction problem? What do you call the answer to an addition problem?
Difference & Sum
500

Tuli eats 4 slices of pizza on Wednesday. On Friday he eats half as many slices of pizza as what he ate on Wednesday. How many pieces of pizza did he eat altogether? Draw a picture to represent your problem. 

Draw a picture on the board.