Lila has 4 boxes of crayons. Each box has 8 crayons. How many crayons does Lila have in total?
what is 32 crayons?
Solution: 4×8=32
Sam has 5 plates, and each plate holds 3 cookies. Use repeated addition to find out how many cookies Sam has in total.
Answer: 15 cookies.
Solution: 3+3+3+3+3=15
(Also solved as 5×3=15)
A bakery makes 8 muffins each day. How many muffins will they bake in 7 days?
Key Words: "Each day," "how many in total."
Answer: Multiply. 8×7=56
If the table starts at 12 and increases by 3 each step, what number comes after 18?
Answer: 21.
Solution: 18+3=21
6x1=
6
A baker made 42 cookies. He wants to put them equally into 7 boxes. How many cookies will be in each box?
what is 6 cookies?
Solution: 42÷7=6
Lucy wants to jump on a number line to solve 4×7. How many jumps of 7 will she make, and where will she land?
Answer: Lucy will make 4 jumps of 7 and land at 28.
Solution: Start at 0, jump to 7, 14, 21, and finally 28.
A teacher has 45 pencils and needs to divide them equally among 5 students. How many pencils will each student get?
Key Words: "Divide them equally," "each student."
Answer: Divide. 45÷5=9
In a table that starts at 50 and decreases by 7 each step, what number comes before 29?
Answer: 36.
Solution: 29+7=36
5x7=
35
There are 9 flowers in each vase. If there are 6 vases, how many flowers are there in total?
what is 54 flowers?
Solution: 9×6=54
There are 24 students in a class. The teacher divides them into 6 equal groups for an activity. Use the equal groups method to find out how many students are in each group.
Answer: 4 students.
Solution: Divide 24 into 6 groups of 4:
24÷6=4
There are 6 baskets, and each basket holds 9 apples. How many apples are there in all?
Key Words: "Each basket," "in all."
Answer: Multiply. 6×9=54
A multiplication table shows numbers increasing by ×4×4. If the table goes 4, 8, 12, ..., what is the 6th number in the table?
Answer: 24.
Solution: 4×6=24
16
Emma has 48 marbles and wants to divide them equally among 8 friends. How many marbles will each friend get?
Answer: 6 marbles.
Solution: 48÷8=6
Draw an array to show 3×8. How many objects are in total?
Answer: 24 objects.
Solution: Draw 3 rows with 8 objects in each row: 3×8=24
A farmer has 32 carrots. He puts them into bags, with 4 carrots in each bag. How many bags does he use?
Key Words: "Puts them into bags," "how many bags."
Answer: Divide. 32÷4=8
In a table that starts at 72 and each step divides by 3, what number comes after 24?
Answer: 8.
Solution: 24÷3=8
10x10=
100
A farmer has 36 apples and packs them into baskets, with 9 apples in each basket. How many baskets can he fill? Then, how many apples would there be in 12 baskets?
Answer:
A farmer has 36 eggs. He packs them into equal groups of 9. Use repeated subtraction to find out how many groups he has.
Answer: 4 groups.
Solution:
36−9=27,27−9=18,18−9=9,9−9=0
(Count the steps: 4 groups.)
Each box of chocolates costs $5. If you buy 6 boxes, how much will you spend?
Key Words: "Each box," "how much in total."
Answer: Multiply. 5×6=30
A table starts at 10 and alternates between adding 5 and multiplying by 2: 10,15,30,35,...What is the 5th number in the table?
Answer: 70.
Solution:
1st step: 10+5=15
2nd step: 15×2=30
3rd step: 30+5=35
4th step: 35×2=70
8x9=
56