Multiplication and division
Word Problems
Name that property
Arrays
Know your facts
100

This is the unknown number to complete the equation below.

? / 8 = 8

What is 64?

100

Ms. Gordon puts 7 chocolate bars each into 8 bags. This is the total number of chocolate bars Ms. Gordon has.

What is 56 chocolate bars?

100

1 x 8 = 8

What is the identity property?

100

The equation that represents this array is

What is 4 x 6?

100

This is the product of 6 and 8.

What is 48?

200

This is the multiplication equation to represent 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20 

What is 5 x 4 = 20?

200

Ms. Navarrete puts 28 coins into 4 stacks and her brother puts 36 coins into 6 stacks. This is the person who has more coins in each stack. (You must also include how many coins are in each stack)

Who is Ms. Navarrete because 7 > 6?

28/4 = 7 > 6 = 36/6

200

1,473 x 0 = 0 

What is the zero property of multiplication?

200

These two expressions could describe the following array. 

What are 3 x 6 and 6 x 3
200

This is the fact family for 63 / 7. (List the 4 equations)

What are: 

7 x 9 = 63

9 x 7 = 63

63 / 7 = 9

63 / 9 = 7

300

This is the term to describe 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 36

What is repeated addition?

300

Ms. Palmer bought 7 Taylor Swift bracelets for $63. This is the amount Ms. Palmer spent on each Taylor Swift bracelet.

What is $9?

300

5 x 3 = 3 x 5

What is commutative property?

300

This equation can be used to represent this array

What is (5 x 3) + (2 x 3) = 7 x 3 = 21?

300

This is the number that makes all the equations true.

7 x ? = 42

9 = 54 / ?

? x ? = 36


What is 6?

400
William write the following:

18 - 6 = 12

12 - 6 = 6

6 - 6 = 0 

This is the problem William was trying to solve.

What is 18 / 6 

400

Mr. Solomon's mom bakes 42 cookies on Monday and 18 more on Tuesday. Mr. Solomon eats 6 cookies himself without sharing. He then shares with 9 teachers. This is the amount each teacher will get if each teacher got an equal amount of cookies. 

What is 6 cookies?

400

5 x 6 = (2 x 6) + (3 x 6)

What is distributive property?

400

This is the number of different possible arrays for the number 12. 

What is 6 possible arrays?

400

This number cannot be divided by

What is 0 divided by any number?

500

A large array is broken up into two smaller arrays 

7 x 4 and 7 x 7. 

This equation is the larger array. 

What is 7 x 11?

500

Ms. Chang buys 4 box of post-its for her students. Each box contains 6 bags of post-its and each bag contains 5 stacks of post-its. If Ms. Chang has 30 students, this is the number of stacks each student can receive.

What is 4 stacks?

500

(3 x 4) x 8 = 3 x (4 x 8)

What is associative property?
500
This is the number of different possible arrays for the number 24. 

What is 8 different arrays?

500

Ayden uses mental math to multiply 6 x 70. This is the strategy he can use to solve.  

What is multiplying 6 x 7 = 42 then multiplying 42 x 10 = 420.