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100
  • Toban couldn’t remember the product of 6 x 9.  He decided to break the array for 6 x 9 into two multiplication combinations that he knew.  Which two expressions below could be used to find the product of 6 x 9? 



    A   (3 x 4) + (3 x 5)

    B   (6 x 5) + (6 x 4)

    C   (6 + 5) x (6 + 4)                                     

  • D   (9 + 3) x (9 + 3)





B   (6 x 5) + (6 x 4)

100

Lynn couldn't remember the product of 6 x 7. She decided to break the array of 6 x 7 into two multiplication combinations that she knew. Which two expressions below could be used to find the product of 6 x 7?

A   (6 x 4) + (1 x 3)  

B   (6 x 5) + (6 x 2)

C   (8 + 5) x (8 + 2) 

D   (7 + 6) x (7 + 6) 

What is B   (6 x 5) + (6 x 2)?

100

Which of the equations is true?

A. 7 x 0 = 7

B. 1 x 7 = 8 

C. 7 + 0 = 0

D. 7 x 0 = 0 

What is 7 x 0 = 0?

100

Tom is hosting a cookout at his house this weekend.

He bought 7 packs of hot dogs. Each pack contains 6 hot dogs.

How many hot dogs did Tom buy for the cookout?What multiplication property did you use to solve?

What is 42 hot dogs?

What is the distributive, communicative, or associative?

100

Monique used a multiplication table to circle the multiples of 3 and the multiples of 6.   She noticed a pattern when looking at the multiples of both numbers. 

Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27

Multiples of 6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48

What pattern might Monique have noticed? 

 

A   The multiples of both numbers are all odd numbers. 

B   If you add 3 to the multiple of 3, you get the multiple of 6. 

C   All of the multiples of 3 are also a multiple of 6.

D  The multiples of 6 are always double the multiples of 3. 

What is C. All of the multiples of 3 are also a multiple of 6?

200

Three girls have 18 bracelets to share equally. How many bracelets will each girl get?

What is 6 bracelets for each girl?

200

Eddy has 8 model cars at home. Every car has 4 wheels. Write an expression that best represents how Eddy would determine how many wheels he has?

What is 8 x 4 = 32?

The BEST is the most efficient and fast.

200

What is the value of R in the equation below? What property is the equation using?

12 = R x 12 

A. 0

B. 2

C. 12

D. 1

What is D. 1? 

What is the Identity Property?

200

Which expression would have the same product as (3 x 6) x 4? What property is the equation using?

A. (3 x 4) + (6 x 4)

B. 3 x (6 x 4)

C. (3 x 6)+ 4

D. (3 + 6) x (3 + 6)

What is B. 3 x (6 x 4)?

What is the Associative Property?

200

Sydney explained to Keith that when multiplying two numbers, the order in which the numbers are written does not matter. Which set of equations could Sydney use as an example? What property does the equation use?

A   6 x 4 = 24  and 8 x 3 = 24 

B   6 x 4 = 24 and 24 ÷ 6 = 4 

C   6 x 4 = 24 and (3 x 4) + (3 x 4) = 24 

D   6 x 4 = 24 and 4 x 6 = 24

What is D   6 x 4 = 24 and 4 x 6 = 24?

What is the Commutative Property?

300

Kelly planted a flower garden. 

She has planted 8 rows of flowers. Each row has four flowers. 

How many flowers are in Kelly's garden?

What is (8 x 4 =) 32 flowers?

300

What is the value of J?

8 x 4 = 4 x J

What is 8?

300
Lily has 48 dolls. She stores them on 6 shelves. If she puts the same number on each shelf, how many dolls will be on one shelf?


What is 8 dolls?

300

Bryan displayed a collection of Hot Wheels on a shelf. 

He made 7 rows. He put 4 in each row. 

How many cars does Bryan have in his collection? What multiplication property did you use to solve?

What is 28?

What is the distributive, associative, commutative property?

300

Ashley started babysitting to earn money during the summer.

She makes $8 every day. She has worked 5 days.

How much money has Ashley earned so far?

What is $40?
400

Ms. Lindsey wants to rearrange her desks into rows. 

There are 20 desks in the classroom. She wants 5 rows of desks. 

How many desks will Ms. Lindsey put in each row?

What is 4 desks in each row?

400

Which equation shows why two might arrays have the same number of squares?

A. 3 + 8 = 8 + 3

B. 4 x 1 = 4 x 1 

C. 7 x 5 = 5 x 7 

D. 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5

What is C. 7 x 5 = 5 x 7?

400

Write an equation to represent this word problem:

John has 4 pages of pictures in his journal. Each page has 4 pictures. How many pictures are in John's journal?

What is 4 x 4?

400

George is working on a math worksheet, but he got stuck on 7 x 3. Which equation could help him solve 7 x 3? What property are these equations using?

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

B. ( 1 x 3 )+( 7 x 3 )

C. ( 5 x 3 )+( 2 x 3 )

D. ( 7 x 3 )+( 7 x 3 )

What is C. ( 5 x 3 )+( 2 x 3 )?

What is the Distributive Property?

400

Todd collected 16 lightening bugs and put them in a jar. He put an equal number in each of the 4 jars. Which equation below can be used to represent how the bugs were placed in jars?

A. 16 - 4 = 14

B. 16 x 4 = 64

C. 16 ÷ 4 = 4

D. 16 + 4 = 20

What is C. 16 ÷ 4 = 4 ?

500

Sonya has stickers to share with her Girl Scout troop. 

Sonya has 60 stickers. There are 5 girls in her troop.

How many stickers will each girl get?

What is 12 stickers?

500

The art teacher was getting the art auditorium for an art show. 

She set up 7 rows of chairs. Each row has 5 chairs. 

How many chairs did the art teacher have in the auditorium?

What is 35 chairs?

500

Write an equation to represent the word problem:

There were 8 model cars on a book shelf. There were an equal number of cars on each of the 2 shelves. How many cars were on each shelf?

What is 8/2?

500

Tonya built an array to show 4 x 9. She decomposed the 4 x 9 array into two smaller arrays. She found the products of the two smaller arrays. Then she put the two arrays together. Which expression shows how Tonya solved the problem? What property of multiplication did she use?

A. (4 x 9)+(1 x 9)

B. (4 x 4)+(4 x 7)

C. (4 x 4)+(4 x 5)

What is C. (4 x 4)+(4 x 5)?

What is the Distributive Property?

500

Tony had 27 pieces of gum. He gave all of his gum to 3 friends. If he gave each friend the same amount, how many pieces did he give each friend?

What is 9 pieces of gum for each friend?

27 / 3 = ?

27 / 3 = 9