Ms. Ohlson's Math Review

Context Clues

100

You normally do this operation to solve problems when you know the number of groups, and how many in each group.

What is divide?

200

This operation is often used when you know the total from the beginning

What is multiplication?

300

What operation will be used to solve this problem?

Ms. Ohlson uses 12 tablespoons of coffee each week. How many tablespoons of coffee will she use in 1 month (four weeks).

What is multiplication?

400

Name the operation AND solve!

Mr. Berkowitz reads 36 books each year. If he reads the same number of books each month, how many books did he read in September?

What is division and "he read 3 books in September."

Division

100

This is the quotient to the expression:

256 ÷ 4 

What is 64

200

This is the quotient to this expression:

675 ÷ 15

What is 45?

300

Jason has $144. He wants to buy a bunch of books for a discount. If each book costs $6, how many books can he buy?

What is 24 books?

400

Sidney has treats to share with her class. She brings in 290 treats for her class. She has 36 classmates. How many treats can each classmate receive if she wants to be as fair as possible?

What is 8, with 2 leftover?

Multiplication

100

Nancy has 37 comic books on her shelf. Her friend Freddy has 5 times as many comics as she does. How many comics does Freddy have?

What is 185 comic books?

200

Johnny is making clay pottery to sell at a craft fair. He needs 12 ounces of clay for each bowl he makes. If he wants to make 45 bowls, how many ounces of clay will he need?

What is 540 ounces of clay?

300

Ms. Ohlson is having a movie marathon. She wants to watch 15 movies this weekend. Each movie is 125 minutes long. How many minutes will it take her to finish the marathon?

What is 1,875 minutes?

400

Dave has 245 quarters saved up. How many CENTS does Dave have saved total? 

Bonus: How many dollars is this?

What is 6,125 cents

Bonus: $61.25

Place Value

100

The value of the 8 in 80,091

What is 80,000?

200

The value of the 5 in 521 is ___ times the value of the 5 in 125

What is 10 times the value?

300

The value of the 7 in 182 is ____ the value of the 7 in 672.

What is 10 times less, or 1/10 of?

400

The value of the 4 in 3,456 is ______ the value of the 4 in 904.

What is 100 times? 

Powers of 10

100

This is the value of 10². 

What is 100?

200

10 x 10 x 10 written in exponent form is. 

What is 10^3?

300

This is 10,000 written in exponent form

What is 10⁴?

400

The value of 9 x 10⁴ is

What is 90,000?