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100

What is the product of 4 × 300?

1200

100

Use the distributive property to solve:

5 × (10 + 2) = _____

60

100

Complete the comparison sentence.

20 is _____ times as many as 5.

4

100

There are 3 bags of apples. Each bag contains 10 apples.

How many apples are there in all?

30

100

Estimate the product of 4 × 2,100 by rounding 2,100 to the nearest thousand.

8,000

200

What is the product of 6 × 5,000?

30,000

200

Break apart 24 into tens and ones. Complete the equation.

3 × 24 = (3 × _____) + (3 × _____)

What is the product?

20, 4; product = 72

200

Which sentence correctly describes the equation 7 × 6 = 42?

A. 42 is 7 more than 6.

B. 42 is 7 times as many as 6.

C. 42 is 6 more than 7.

B

200

A movie theater sells tickets for $12 each. A family purchases 5 tickets.

How much money does the family spend on tickets?

$60

200

Estimate the product of 3 × 3,950 by rounding 3,950 to the nearest thousand.

12,000

300

Compare the following expressions using <, >, or =.

8 × 400 _____ 3,200

=

300

Use the distributive property to solve 42 × 5.

Complete the equation:

(40 × 5) + (2 × 5) = _____

210

300

Complete the equation.

36 is _____ times as many as 9.

36 = _____ × 9

4,4

300

A runner completes 4 laps around a track. Each lap is 125 meters long.

How many meters does the runner run in all? Use partial products to solve.


500

300

Estimate the product of 7 × 4,120 by rounding 4,120 to the nearest thousand.

Answer: 28,000

28,000

400

7 × 3,000 = 7 × _____ thousands

= _____ thousands

= _____

3, 21, 21,000

400

Use partial products to solve 6 × 115.

  • 6 × 100 = _____

  • 6 × 10 = _____

  • 6 × 5 = _____

600 + 60 + 30 = 690

400

There are 5 times as many children as adults at a party. There are 3 adults.

How many children are at the party?

15

400

There are 24 students at a school event. Each student purchases a snack for $3.

How much money is spent on snacks altogether?

$32

400

Estimate the product of 6 × 2,980 by rounding 2,980 to the nearest thousand.

18,000

500

A number is multiplied by 9, and the product is 54,000. What is the mystery number? Explain how you know.

6,000 because 9 × 6,000 = 54,000.

500

A rectangular area model represents 7 × 132.

Break apart 132 into hundreds, tens, and ones. Find each partial product and add them together.

  • 7 × 100 = 700

  • 7 × 30 = 210

  • 7 × 2 = 14

700 + 210 + 14 = 924

500

An animal shelter has 4 times as many cats as dogs. There are 30 animals altogether.

How many cats and how many dogs are at the shelter?

24 cats, 6 dogs

500

A school bus travels 215 miles each day for 6 days.

How many miles does the bus travel in all? Use the distributive property to show your work.

1,290 miles

(6 × 200) + (6 × 10) + (6 × 5) = 1,290

500

Estimate the product of 8 × 5,890 by rounding 5,890 to the nearest thousand.

Then explain why your estimate is reasonable.

48,000