10, up 10 90
100, up to 900
True or False
Distributive Property of Multiplication
Word Problems
100

What multiplication equation do the 

place-value blocks show?

lll oo 

lll oo

lll oo

3 x 32 = 96

100

4 x 100

4 x 100 = 400

100

Is 5 x 80 = 4 x 100? Show your work.

True.

400 = 400

100

Which shows an application of the Distributive Property to multiply 4 × 26?

4 x 26 = (4 x 20) + (4 x 6)

100

Mr. Blaine is building a deck and bought 

9 boxes of bolts. There are 40 bolts in 

each box. How many bolts did Mr. Blaine 

buy? Explain. 

Mr. Blaine bought         bolts. 

I used the basic fact         to find 9 x 40.

Mr. Blaine bought 360 bolts. 

I used the basic fact 9 x 4 = 6 to find 9 x 40.

200

5 x 60

300

200

2 x 300

2 x 300 = 600

200

Is it true that 6 x 40 = 3 x 40? Show your work.

No.

240 does NOT = 120

200

Distribute 64 x 9: 

(60 x 9) + (4 x 9)
200

There are 30 hamburger patties in each package. A cook has 6 packages of hamburger patties. How many hamburger patties does the cook have in all? Write an equation and solve it. Draw place value blocks to model how you solved it.

30 x 6 = 180

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300

3 x 80

240


300

5 x 500 = 

5 x 500 = 2,500

300

True or False. 9 x 10 = 45 x 2? Show your work.

True.

9 x 10 = 90

45 x 2 = (40 x 2) + (5 x 2) = 80 + 10 = 90

300

Distribute and solve 52 x 4

(50 x 4) + (2 x4)

200 + 8

208

300

A merry-go-round can carry 37 riders. 

There are 8 merry-go-round rides per 

hour. How many people can ride the 

merry-go-round in an hour?

A. Estimate the solution to the problem.

Explain how you made your estimate.

I estimated about    people can ride the merry-go-round in an hour by        solving and 

then multiplying.

B. Solve the problem. Is your solution 

reasonable? Explain how you know.

The solution is 

A 296

B 302

C 320

My solution is reasonable or unreasonable

because it is not close to or ¡t is close to my 

estimate.

I estimated about 320 people can ride the merry-go-round in an hour by rounding and 

then multiplying.


My solution is reasonable

because it is close to my 

estimate.

400

7 x 60

7 x 60 = 4,200

400

4 x 900

4 x 900 = 3,600

400

True or false. 5 x 75 = 5 (70 x 5)? Show your work.

True

5 x 75 = 375

5(70 x 5) = (5 x 70) + (5 x 5) = 350 + 25 = 375

375 = 375

400

Bethany earns $30 babysitting on 

Saturdays. How much does Bethany earn 

for babysitting on 4 Saturdays?

Use the values in the table to draw a numberline.

A   120

B   30

C   90

D   60

B, D, C, A

400

Betty is making bracelets and needs 

8 boxes of blue beads and 3 boxes of 

white beads. Each box of beads contains 

10 beads. How many beads does 

Betty need?

110 beads.

500

8 x 70

560
500

8 x 700

8 x 700 = 5,600

500

True or False. 4 x 125 = (4 x 100) + (4 x 20) + (4 x 5)

True.

500

Select all of the expressions that are 

equal to 4 x 900. 1 point

(4 x 9) x 100

4 x 10

45 x 100

4 x 9 hundreds

4 x (9 x 100)

(4 x 9) x 100

4 x 9 hundreds

4 x (9 x 100)

500

Marco, Wanda, and Henry are trying to decide how to display notebooks at the school store. The notebooks are in 4 packages. Each package has 32 erasers. 

Wanda says that they can lay them out in 4 rows with 8 rows of 16 notebooks in each row. Henry thinks that they should lay them out in 8 rows of 32 notebooks. Marco wants to lay them out in 8 rows of 10 notebooks and 8 rows of 6 notebooks on another table. Who ideas are reasonable? Explain.

Wanda and Marcos rows are reasonable. 

Wanda's is reasonable because 

4 x 32 = 8 x 16

(4 x 30) + (4 x 2) = 120 + 8 = 128

And

8 x 16 = 128

Also,

 Marco is reasonable because

4 x 32 = (8 x 10) + (8x6)

(4 x 30) + (4 x 2) = 120 + 8 = 128

and...

8 x 16 = (8 x 10) x (8 x 6) = 80 + 48 = 128