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Vocabulary
Multiplication
Division
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100
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
product
100

5 x 8

40

100
72 ÷ 8
9
100
Nancy has 25 books. Sara has 5 times more books than Nancy. How many books does Sara have ?
125 books
100

There are 43 calories in a candy bar. How many calories are there in 3 candy bars ?

129 calories

200
What is the answer to a division problem?
Quotient
200

70 x 4

280

200

84 ÷ 2

42

200
Sara has 49 orange balloons and 17 blue balloons. Sally has 5 times more orange balloons than Sara. How many orange balloons does Sally have?
245 orange balloons
200
Mike bought 5 dozen eggs from the grocery store to bake some cakes. He plans to bake the cakes over 7 days. How many eggs did Mike buy?
60 eggs
300
What is the name for the numbers being multiplied together?
factors
300

50 x 8

400

300

10000 ÷ 10

1000

300
Mary goes fishing with Joan. They catch 4 trout. If they equally split up the trout, how may will each one get ?
2 trout
300
Tom was at the beach for five days and found 8 seashells and 36 starfish. He plans to give all of his seashells equally to his four friends. How many seashells will each friend get?
2 seashells
400

Name a strategy to solve a multiplication or division question.

Multiple answers.

400

12 x 100

1200

400

8 ÷ 5

1 r3

400
Benny had 210 dollars to spend on 7 books. After buying them he had 14 dollars. How much did each book cost?
$28
400
Sara sold half of her comic books and then bought 7 more. She now has 17. How many did she begin with ?
20 comic books
500

Name a strategy to solve a multiplication or division question.

Multiple answers.

500

78 x 200

15600

500

365 ÷ 2

182 r1

500

Tom bought 5 new baseball trading cards to add to his collection. The next day his dog ate half of his collection. There are now only 13 cards left. How many cards did Tom start with ?

21 baseball cards

500
Tim bought a soft drink for 2 dollars and 7 candy bars. He spent a total of 16 dollars. How much did each candy bar cost?
$2