What are numbers that you multiply together to get another number?
factors
Create an expression that will help you to solve this problem. Sandra's turtle is four times as long as her pet beetle. If Sandra's turtle is 12 centimeters long, how long is her pet beetle?
Sandra's pet beetle is 3 centimeters long.
What is a multiple of a number?
The product of a whole number and any other whole number.
It costs $2 for a small box of crayons at the store. It costs $10 for a large pack of markers at the store. How many times more do the packs of markers cost than the box of crayons? Choose the expression that will solve the problem. A) 2 x 10 = M B) 2M = 10 C) 2 + M = 10 D) 10M = 20
B) 2M = 10
What are prime numbers?
numbers that only have two factors: one, and the number itself.
Solve the problem. In a fourth grade classroom, there were 124 books at the beginning of the year in the classroom library. In September, 26 were checked out, but only 14 were returned at the end of the month. How many books are still in the classroom library at the end of the month?
112 books were in the classroom library at the end of the month.
What are composite numbers?
Numbers that have more than two factors.
Johnny made 37 cookies for his birthday party. His little brother ate 8 cookies before the birthday party even started. Johnny's mom made 20 more cookies to make Johnny stop crying. How many cookies did Johnny have when his birthday party began?
He had 49 cookies when his birthday party began.
What is a common factor?
Howard decided to take all of his blocks and build a tall tower in his bedroom. He started with 30 blocks. While building, he found 28 more blocks under his bed. He put these blocks on top of the original blocks and continued to build his tower. His dog came in and knocked down 14 of the blocks on his tower. How many blocks remained standing?
44 blocks remained standing.