Arrays
Multiplication/Division
Distributive Property
Word Problems
M&D
100

What is the equation for the following array?

OOOO

OOOO

OOOO

What is 3 X 4 or  12 ÷ 3 = 4?

100

4 x 4= ___

What is 16?

100

Show 4x5 using the distributive property

Answers may vary. Product is 20.

100

Ms. Halsema arranges all the math books into 6 equal groups of 4. How many math books does Ms. Halsema have? Show a picture and multiplication sentence in your work. 

6 X 4 = 24   


She has 24 books. 

100

Mrs. Brandt's class plays a game. The class earns 4 points each time they answer a question correctly. The class earns 40 points playing the game on Monday. 

How many questions did the class answer correctly? 

The class answered 10 questions correctly. 

200

What is the equation for the following array?

x  x  x  x  x

x  x  x  x  x

What is 2 x 5?

200

 6 X 2 = ____

What is 12?

200

Show 4x4 using the distributive property

Answers may vary. Product is 16.

200

What does the product in the following multiplication sentence represent?


6 X 4 =24                                       She has 24 math books. 

The product is 24. 

It represents the total number of math books. 

200

6x4

6x4=24

300

Draw an array that shows 8 rows of 2. Write a multiplication sentence to represent the array and circle the factor that represents the number of rows.

O  O                           8 X 2 = 16
O  O
O  O
O  O
O  O
O  O
O  O
O  O

300

8 x 3

What is 24?

300

Show 5x7 using the distributive property

Answers may vary. Product is 35.

300

Fill in the blanks below to complete a related division sentence. 

_________ divided by ________ = _____________

24 divided by 4 = 6

300

Darwin vacuumed for 5 minutes each day of the school week. How many minutes did he vacuum by the end of the week. Show an equation.

5x5 = 25

400

Draw another array that shows 2 rows of 8. Write a different multiplication sentence and circle the factor that represents the size of the row.

O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O                        2 X 8 = 16
O  O  O  O  O  O  O  O

400

18 ÷  2  =  ______

What is 9?

400

Use the distributive property to find the answer for the following equation.   

                       9  x  4 = _______

                9  X 4 =  (___ X ___)  + (___X ___)

                         X  X  X  X
                         X  X  X  X
                         X  X  X  X           5  X 4  =  20
                         X  X  X  X
9  X  4 = ____     X  X  X  X

                         X  X  X  X
                         X  X  X  X            4  X  4  = 16
                         X  X  X  X
                         X  X  X  X

9  X 4 =  (5 X 4)  + (4 X 4)

9 X 4  =    20     +   16

9 X 4  =   36

400

Ka'Von found 18 pencils on the floor. If he gives 3 of his friends an equal amount of pencils, how many pencils does each friend get?

18/3=6

400

Mila read the same amount of pages for 4 days. She read 28 pages total. How many pages did she read a day?

28/4=7

500

Make an array for the equation 6 x 3

Array
500

28 ÷  4   =   _________

What is 7?

500

Show 6x7 using the distributive property

Answers may vary. Product is 42.

500

Mr. Wilcox arranges all the desks in his classroom into 8 groups of 4. How many desks are in his classroom? Show a picture and multiplication sentence in your work. 

8  X  4  =  32 

There are 32 desks in his classroom. 

500

Aramide likes cupcakes! For her birthday party, she decides to get 12 chocolate cupcakes (shown in o’s) and 12 vanilla cupcakes (shown with x’s). Shown below. 

o o o o o o
o o o o o o
x x x  x x x
x x x  x x x

Use the distribute property to find the total number of cupcakes Aramide has for her birthday party. 



______ x 6= (_____ x 6) + (_____ x 6)


Aramide has 24 cupcakes.