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100

What is 3 x 8?

24

100

What is 56 / 8?

7

100

If a box has 36 apples and 6 boxes, how many apples are in each box?

6 apples in each box

100

A store had 120 stickers. They sold 24 stickers and divided the rest equally into 4 boxes.
Which equations can be used to find how many stickers are in each box?

120 − 24 = 96
96 ÷ 4 = 24

Each box has 24 stickers.

200

What is 7 x 8?

56

200

What is 144 / 12?

12

200

There are 5 shelves. Each shelf holds 14 books. How many books total are there?

70 books total

200

A farmer collects 64 eggs and puts them equally into 8 baskets. Then he sells 3 baskets of eggs.
Which equations can be used to find how many baskets of eggs he still has?

64 ÷ 8 = 8
8 − 3 = 5

He still has 5 baskets of eggs.

300

What is 10 X 25?

250

300

What is 81 / 9?

9

300

A baker made 56 cupcakes. He packs 8 cupcakes in each box. How many boxes does he make?

7 boxes of cupcakes

300

A gardener planted 5 rows of 6 flowers each. Then 12 flowers die. How many flowers are left planted?

5x6=30

30-12=18

18 flowers left

400

What is 9 x 12?

108

400

What is 100 / 4?

25

400

There are 63 stickers. Each student gets 9 stickers. How many students earned stickers?

7 Students

400

There are 6 bags. Each bag holds 12 candies. The candies are divided equally among 9 students.
Which equations can be used to find how many candies each student gets?

6x12=72

72 divided by 9 = 8

each student gets 8 candies

500

What is 12 x 7?

84

500

What is 132 / 12?

11

500

A classroom has 48 students divided into 6 groups. How many students are in each group?

8 students

500

There are 30 students in the reading club. Half of them read nonfiction books. The rest are divided equally among students who read mysteries, adventures, and poems. Which set of equations can be used to find how many students read mysteries?

30 ÷ 2 = 15 

15 ÷ 3 = 5

5 students read one genre of book