Missing Factor
Multiplication
Properties
Word Problems
100
____X3=12
4
100
2X7=
14
100
Use the communitive property to write this equation another way.
8x2=16
2x8=16
100
Mr. Lewis arranges all the desks in his classroom into 6 equal groups of 4. How many desks are in the classroom? Draw a picture and write a multiplication sentence.
6x4=24
4x6=24
200
5X___=40
8
200
3X3=
9
200
Total Apples: __x4
Red Apples: ___x4
Green Apples: __x4
Total: 6
Red: 5
Green: 1
200
Mrs. Tran picks 15 tomatoes from her garden. She puts 5 tomatoes in each bag. How bags of tomatoes does she need?
3 bags
300
2X___=20
10
300
5X6=
30
300
Draw an array that shows 9 rows of 2. Write a multiplication sentence to represent the array.
Draw an array that shows 2 rows of 9. Write a different multiplication sentence.
9x2=18
2x9=18
300
Thomas had 3 bags of Oreos. There were 4 Oreos in each bag. How many Oreos does Thomas have?
3x4=12
12 oreos
400
6X___=18
3
400
4X6=
24
400
What is the relationship between these two multiplication problems?
4x5=20
5x4=20
These two problems represent the communitive property. The factors are flip flopped, but the product stays the same.
400
Mrs. Tran plants 12 sunflowers in her garden. She plants them in 3 rows. Write a division sentence for this problem.
12/3=4
500
4X___=16
4
500
7X7=
49
500
Mrs. Tran figured out how many flowers she planed. Her work is shown below. Would Mrs. Tran get the same result if she multiplied 5x4? Explain why or why not.
(3x4)+(2x4)=12+8
=20
Yes, because she used the distributive property to solve the problem.
500
Mr. Myer's class plays a game. The class earns 5 points each time they answer a question correctly. The class earns 50 points playing the game on Monday.
How many questions did the class answer correctly?
The class answered 7 questions correctly on Tuesday. What is the total number of points the class earned on both days?
10 questions
85 Points