Word Problems
There were some rabbits in a pen. Altogether I counted 56 feet. How many rabbits were in the pen?
14 rabbits
It is the smallest two-digit prime number.
11
What remainders are possible when the divisor is 12?
There are a total of 12: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
What are the factors of 17?
1 and 17
498 x 7
3, 486
How many cars are needed to take 46 Girl Scouts to the community center after school if each car holds six Girl Scouts in addition to the driver?
8 cars
60
Write a related sentence that uses multiplication for 45/6.
7 x 6 + 3
How many factors does 28 have?
6
632 / 9
70 R2 or 70 2/9
Pens cost $1.29 each. Use mental math to figure out how much it will cost to buy five pens.
$6.45
It is odd. It is prime. The product of the digits is 15.
53
The quotient is 13, the divisor is 6 and the remainder is 3. What is the dividend?
81
Give an example of a number with exactly three different factors.
Any number that is a square of a prime number, such as 4, 9, 25, 49, etc.
What is the least common multiple of 4, 6, and 8?
24
Dante has been collecting recycled cans for a charity drive. Each can is worth $0.05. Dante has raised $2.35. How many more cans does he need to collect in order to have a donation of $5.00?
53 cans
It is composite. The digits add to 12. One of the factors is 13.
39
Dean said that 23/0 = 0 but Elizabeth disagreed and said there is no answer. Who is right?
Elizabeth is right since the multiplication sentence that corresponds to the division problem is 0 x 0 = 23, which is false. No answer is possible, which means that the problem is undefined.
List the factors of 39.
1, 3, 13, and 39
Explain how to multiply 299 times 4 in your head. Give the answer.
1, 196
If hot dogs come in packages of eight and buns come in packages of 12, what is the minimum number of hot dog and bun packages needed so every bun has one hot dog?
3 packages of hot dogs and 2 packages of buns
The digits sum to 9. It is odd. It is a square number.
81
Make ups a division word problem with a quotient of 3 1/2 in which the answer includes 3 as the remainder.
Answers will vary.
What is the greatest common factor of 24 and 18?
6
I'm thinking of the smallest number that when divided by 4 has a remainder of 3, but when divided by 5 has a remainder of 0. What is the number?
15