Mix Word Problems
Properties
Arrays
Groups, size, or total?
Multi-step
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There are 6 baskets of apples on the picnic table. Each basket has 3 apples in it. How many apples altogether?
18 apples
100
9 x 5 = ___ x 9
9 x 5 = 5 x 9
100
Create TWO arrays for 2 x 4
SHOW and CHECK
100
Which item represents the groups in this problem:
Bobby had 7 buckets full of 8 water balloons each. How many balloons did he have in all?
Buckets = groups
100
Lasarah runs 2 miles every day for 6 days. On the 7th day, she takes a break and only runs 1 mile. How many total miles does she run in a week?
13 miles total
200
There were 27 candies in a bowl. I wanted to share them with my 3 friends equally. How many candies will each friend get?
9 candies
200
Johnny has 5 rows of 3 diamonds and 3 rows of 3 rubies. How many gems does he have all together?
Show an array and solve an equation using the distributive property
8 x 3 = 24
200
Which two equations represent this array?
a. 5 x 4 and 4 x 6
b. 5 x 4 and 20 ÷ 5
c. 20 ÷ 5 and 5 x 5
b. 5 x 4 and 20 ÷ 5
200
Which represents the TOTAL in this problem?
Aaliyah had 5 friends to share her gum with. She had 25 sticks of gum. How many stick of gum did each friend get?
25 sticks of gum
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Mr. Mitchell, Mrs. Soistman, and Ms. Halliman have to equally share their new pack of 24 expo markers. Someone left the cap off of 3 markers and they don't work anymore! How many new expo markers do they each get?
They each get 7 working expo markers
300
Maria buys 28 cupcakes and wants to give each friend 4 cupcakes for her birthday party. How many friends can she invite to her party?
28 ÷ 4 = 7 friends
300
Which equation is another way to solve 5 x 8, and WHY?
a. (3 x 2) + (5 x 8) = 40
b. (8 x 2) + (8 x 3) = 40
c. (8 x 4) + (8 x 2) = 40
B. (8 x 2) + (8 x 3)
Because 5 gets broken apart into the addends 2 + 3 and we can use the distributive property to solve two smaller equations
300
3 x 6
300
How many groups would I draw for this problem:
Marcus and his 3 friends were at dinner. There were 24 dinner rolls to be shared between all of the kids. How many dinner rolls would each kid get?
4 groups
because Marcus + 3 friends = 4 people
300
Tyler has 4 boxes of crayons. Angel has 2 boxes of crayons. Each box comes with 8 crayons in it. How many total crayons do they have altogether?
48 total crayons
400
There are 8 bags with 4 marbles in each. There are 2 bags with 6 pennies in each. How many total marbles are there?
Write the equation and the answer to go with this problem.
8 x 4 = 32 marbles total
400
Which of the following gives the same product as 7 x 4 and WHY?
a. 3 x 4
b. 7 + 4
c. 4 x 7
d. 7 - 4
c. 4 x 7
This is because the Commutative Property tells me I can switch the factors and get the same product
400
Mr. Mitchell used 36 stickers to create an array with 9 rows. How many columns are in his array?
4 columns
400
What item represents the size:
Chloe is making lemonade for her friends. She wants to put 4 ice cubes in each of the 8 cups to make the lemonade nice and cold. How many ice cubes will she need to buy?
4 ice cubes IN each cup = size
400
Mrs. Soistman drinks 2 cups of water a day. She has a goal to drink 28 cups of water a week. After 5 days, how many more cups of water will she need to drink to meet her goal?
18 more cups of water
500
There are 4 students in my small group. I have 24 colored pencils to share equally between my 4 students.
Write the equation that best shows how many pencils each student would get.
24 ÷ 4 = 6 pencils to each student
500
Sophia couldn't remember the product of 7 x 9. She decided to use the distributive property to solve it. Which equation could she have used to find the product of 7 x 9?
(____x___) + (___x___)
Possible answers:
(7 x 4) + (7 x 5)
(7 x 6) + (7 x 3)
(9 x 5) + (9 x 2)
(9 x 4) + (9 x 3)
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Which expression does this array represent?
a. 7 x 3 b. 3 x 8 c. 3 + 7
a. 7 x 3 (can use commutative property!)
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Using TOTAL, SIZE, and GROUPS write both a multiplication and division equation for this problem:
Mason has 3 notebooks for math. He has 6 blank pages left to write on in each notebook. How many pages does he have left?
3 groups, 6 size, 18 total
3 x 6 = 18
18 ÷ 3 = 6
500
Jay buys a box of 18 fruit snacks. Each box comes with an equal number of lemon, lime, and orange fruit snacks. He eats all of the lemon flavored fruit snacks. How many fruit snacks does he have left?
12 fruit snacks left