Word Problems
Name the Factors!
Distributive & Associative Property
What property is this?
Mystery
100

There are 3 feet in 1 yard. How many feet are in 6 yards?

18 feet are in 6 yards.

100

Name each factor pair that you can break 3 into when using known facts to solve unknown multiplication facts.

2, 1

100

Which is the missing factor:

10 x (4 x 6) = (10 x __) x 6

For double points: What is the solution to 10 x 4 x 6?

4 is the missing factor.

The solution is 240.

100

5 x 8 = (5 x 4) + (5 x 4)

Distributive Property of Multiplication

100

Review:

Skip count by 2s ten times!

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

200

Shelly has 6 friends over. She is serving munchkins. She wants each friend to have 3 munchkins. How many munchkins should she prepare to serve?

Shelly should prepare to serve 18 munchkins.

200

Name each factor pair that you can break 4 into when using known facts to solve unknown multiplication facts.

1, 3

2, 2

200

Rewrite this multiplication sentence using the associative property:

4 x (8 x 9)

(4 x 8) x 9

200

1 x 0 = 0

Zero Property of Multiplication

200
Review:


What is 9 x 4?

36

300
Joe bought 3 bags of clementines. Each bag had 8 clementines in it. How many clementines total did Joe buy?

Joe bought 24 clementines.

300

Name each factor pair that you can break 6 into when using known facts to solve unknown multiplication facts.

1, 5

2, 4

3, 3

300

What is another way to write 8 x 5?

1. (4x4) + (2x3)
2. (8x5) +(1x5)
3. (5x5) + (3 x5)
4. (4x5) + (3x5)

Show work as proof.

3. (5x5) + (3 x5)

25 + 15 = 40

300

213 x 1 = 213

Identity Property of Multiplication

300

Review:

Skip count by 5s ten times!

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50

400

Mark was arranging his sports balls. He laid out 8 rows of balls. In each row, there were 7 balls. Use this array to figure out how many balls he had.

                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                      0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Mark had 56 sports balls.

400

Name each factor pair that you can break 7 into when using known facts to solve unknown multiplication facts.

1, 6

2, 5

3, 4

400

What is the missing factor?

3 is the missing factor.

400

1 x (2 x 3) = (3 x 1) x 2

Commutative Property of Multiplication

400

What is the product of 2 x 3 x 4?

24

500

The mailman was arranging his boxes. He made two separate areas for laying out his boxes. Each area had 5 rows of boxes and 6 boxes in each row. How many boxes did the mailman have?

The mailman had 60 boxes.

500

Name each factor pair that you can break 8 into when using known facts to solve unknown multiplication facts.

1, 7

2, 6

3, 5

4, 4

500

8 x 6 = (__ x 6) + (5 x 6)

Which of the following is not an acceptable way to rewrite 6 x 8? Explain why.

1. (5 x 4) + (1 x 4)

2. (3 x 8) + (3 x 8)

3. (6 x 6) + (6 x 2)

4. (4 x 8) + (2 x 8)

1. (5 x 4) + (1 x 4)

This is not equal to 6 x 8 because #1 equals 24, and 6 x 8 is 48, so they are not equal. You can also tell because either the first or second factor in the two new facts would have to be the same as the original fact.

500

(5 x 4) x 3 = 5 x (4 x 3)

Associative Property of Multiplication

500

Explain what using known facts to solve a multiplication problem means.

Answers will vary.