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100

47 x 5

Estimate: 50 x 5 = 250

Solve: 47 x 5 = 235

100

If Connor has 6 pets and Jessica has 5 times more than him, how many does she have?

5 x 6 = 30 

Jessica has 30 pets. 


(Woah, that's a lot of pets!)

100

Mrs. T has 32 students. If she wants to give each of them 4 pieces of candy, how many pieces will she need?

32 x 4 = 128 

She will need 128 pieces of candy.

100

45 x 5

225

100

24 x 8

192

200

89 x 4

Estimate: 90 x 4 = 360

Solve: 89 x 4 = 356


200

Mason has 6 times more money than Layla. If they have $49 altogether, how much does Mason have?

Mason - ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ ◻️ 

Layla - ◻️                   

Total: $49           

7 x ◻️ = $49            ◻️=7 

Mason has $42. 

200

Miss Rose has 126 baskets. If she fills each of them with 9 apples, how many apples does she have?

9 x 126 = 1,134

She has 1,134 apples.

200

26 x 6

156

200

59 x 6

354

300

123 x 6

Estimate: 100 x 6 = 600

Solve: 123 x 6 = 738

300

Hailey has 3 times more jewelry than Madilyn. Together they have 36 pieces of jewelry. How much jewelry does Hailey have?

Hailey- ◻️◻️◻️

Madilyn- ◻️

Together: 36 pieces 

4 x ◻️ = 36       ◻️=9

Hailey has 27 pieces of jewelry. 

300

Wyatt bought 5 books that cost $13 each and he bought 3 skateboards that cost $27 each. How much did he spend in all?

(5 x $13) + (3 x $27) = $146

He spent $146 for all. 

300

458 x 7

3,206

300

126 x 7

882

400

589 x 7

Estimate: 600 x 7 = 4,200

Solve:  589 x 7 = 4,123

400

Rylee has 5 times more candy than Taylor. Together they have 36 pieces. How many more pieces does Rylee have than Taylor?

Taylor- ◻️       

Riley- ◻️◻️◻️◻️◻️        

Together: 36

6x◻️=36    ◻️=6          

Riley has 30 pieces. Taylor has 6 pieces. 

Riley has 24 more pieces that Taylor. 

400

Mrs. Teran bought tickets to a UCLA game. There are 47 rows of 8 seats in one section. There are 11 rows of 5 seats that are reserved. How many are not reserved?

(47 x 8) - (11x5) = 321

There are 321 seats are not reserved.

400

685 x 7

4,795

400

2,574 x 9

23,166

500

987 x 8

Estimate: 1,000 x 8 = 8,000

Solve: 987 x 8 = 7,896

500

Elizabeth's mom had supplies for her party. She had 3 times more balloons than party hats. If she had 18 balloons, how many party hats did she have?

Balloons- ◻️◻️◻️  ]=18

Party Hats- ◻️

3x◻️=18      ◻️= 6

She has 6 party hats. 

500

The school is buying supplies for the students. They bought Mrs. Morris' class 8 boxes of pencils with 67 pencils in each box. If the other five 4th grade teachers got the same amount, how many pencils were ordered total?

(8 x 67) x 5 = 2,680 

There were 2,680 pencils ordered.

500

9,875 x 4

39,500

500

3,598 x 6

21,588