Word Problems
Vocabulary
Division
Factors
Name that Number
100

There were some rabbits in a pen. Altogether I counted 56 feet. How many rabbits were in the pen?

What is 14 rabbits?

100

The definition of a prime number

What is a number that has exactly 2 factors; 1 and itself?

100

What remainders are possible when the divisor is 12?

What are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10, and 11?

100

The factors of 17

What are 1 and 17?

100

It is the smallest 2-digit prime number

What is 11?

200

How many cars are needed to take 46 Girl Scouts to the community center after school if each car holds six girls in addition to the driver?

What is 8 cars?

200

Use three math terms you learned in this unit to describe the number 36.

*It is composite

* It is even

* It is a square number

*It is a multiple of 1,2,3,4,6,9,12,18, and 36

* It is a factor of 36, 72, etc.

200

Write a related sentence that uses multiplication for 45 divided by 6

6 x 7 + 3 = 45

200

The number of factors of 28

What is 6?

200

It is divisible by 10. The tens digit is equal to the number of legs on an insect.

What is 60?

300

Pens cost $1.29 each. Use mental math to figure out how much it will cost to buy five pens.

Explain mental strategy and find the final total of $6.45

300

The words product, sum, quotient, and difference have this in common

What is they describe the answer as a result of an operation such as multiplication, addition, division, and subtraction, respectively?

300

The quotient is 13, the divisor is 6 and the remainder is 3. What is the dividend?

What is 81?

300

A number with exactly three different factors

What is 4, 9, 25, or 49?

300

It is odd. It is prime. The product of the digits is 15.

What is 53?

400

Diogenes has been collecting recycled cans for a charity drive. Each can is worth 5 cents. Diogenes has raised $2.35. How many more cans does he need to collect in order to have a donation of $5.00?

What is 53 cans?

400

What are the divisor and dividend, and how are they related?

What is the divisor is the number in a division problem that divides into another number, known as the dividend?

400

Jon said that 23 divided by 0 = 0, but Carla disagreed and said there is no answer. Who is right, and why?

Carla is right since the multiplication sentence that corresponds to the division problem is 0x0=23, which is false. No answer is possible, which means that the problem is undefined.

400

The factors of 39

What are 1,3,13, and 39?

400

It is composite. The digits add to 12. One of the factors is 13.

What is 39?

500

DAILY DOUBLE!

If hot dogs come in packages of eight and buns come in packages of 12, what is the minimum number of hot dog and bun packages needed so every bun has one hot dog?

What is 3 packages of hot dogs and 2 packages of buns?


500

Explain how a multiple and a factor are alike and different.

* Both are terms used to describe multiplicative relationships

* A factor divides exactly into a given whole number

* A multiple is a number that is the product of a given number and a whole number

500

Make up a division word problem with a quotient of 3 1/2 in which the answer includes 3 as the remainder.

Answers will vary, but the quotient must be 3 1/2 with 3 as the remainder

500

The GCF of 24 and 18

What is 6?

500

The digits sum to 9. It is odd. It is a square number.

What is 81?