Identifying Problems
Multiplication
Division
Properties/Rules
Areas of Rectangles
100
What type of problem is this: Array Multiplication, Equal groups multiplication, Neither of these.
Mrs. Vietti has 5 giraffes. She wants to give each giraffe a 3 beautiful necklaces. How many beautiful necklaces does she need to buy?
Equal groups multiplication
100
The pet store sells goldfish in bags of 7. If Penelope buys 2 bags of fish, how many fish will she have?
Give the equation and solve the problem.
2X7=14
100
Bill has 45 peaches. He wants to share them equally with 5 friends. How many peaches will each friend receive?
Tell an equation and give the answer.
45/5=9
100
This is an example of what property?
3X5=5X3
Commutative Property
100
What is the area of a rectangle that is 3 units long and 4 units wide?
12 square units
200
What type of problem is this: Array Multiplication, Equal groups multiplication, Neither of these.
Fred is putting up his Christmas tree. He pulls out a box of ornaments. The box has 3 rows of ornaments with 6 ornaments in each row. How many ornaments are there altogether?
Array Multiplication
200
A cello has 4 strings. If Mrs. Vietti replaces all of the strings on 4 cellos, how many strings will she need to buy?
Give the equation as well as the answer.
4X4=16
200
Each dinosaur collected 9 rocks for his cave. If 45 rocks were collected in all, how many dinosaurs were collecting rocks?
5 dinosaurs
200
This is an example of what property?
(4X6)X2=4X(6X2)
Associative Property
200
What is the area of a square that is 4 units tall?
16 square units
300
What type of problem is this: Array Division, Division with unknown group size, Division with unknown number of groups, None of these.
Joe Shmoe has 18 bananas. He gives 5 of them to 3 friends. How many bananas does Joe Shmoe have left?
None of these
300
Section Q of the baseball stand has 6 rows. 5 fans can sit in each row. How many fans can sit in section Q at one time?
Give the equation and solution.
6X5=30
300
A cowboy collected 24 boots. How many pairs of boots is that?
12
300
This is an example of what property or rule?
8X1=8
Identity Property of multiplication
300
What is the area of a rectangle that is 7 inches high and 9 inches wide?
63 square inches
400
What type of problem is this: Array Division, Division with unknown group size, Division with unknown number of groups, None of these. Solve the problem!
Raphael brought 28 frisbees to the park. He divided them equally among his 7 friends. How many frisbees did each friend get?
Division Unknown group size
28/7=4
400
Bobbie Joe ran nine miles a day for a solid week. He was certainly tired at the end of the week. How many miles did Bobbie Joe run altogether?
Give the equation and solution.
9X7=63
400
Write and solve a word problem that can be solved using the equation 24/8=
Any correct problem will do here. The answer is 3
400
This is an example of what property or rule?
8/0=?
Not possible
400
Look at the rectangle drawing. Tell me a word problem that can be solved using that drawing. Solve the problem.
Word problem using 4X6=24
500
What type of problem is this: Array Division, Division with unknown group size, Division with unknown number of groups, None of these. Solve the problem.
Tryouts were held for quadruplets for the Quadruplets Quirky Choir. If 36 children tried out, how many sets of quadruplets tried out?
Division with unknown number of groups.
36/4=9
500
Johnny has 3 dogs and 3 cats. If he buys 9 treats for each of his pets how many treats will he need to buy?
Write an equation and a solution.
(3+3)X9=54
500
Name 4 division equations that begin with the number 24 and then solve each one.
24/2=12. 24/6=4 0/24=0
24/12=2. 24/4=6
24/8=3 24/1=24
24/3=8 24/24=1
500
Flannigan had 8 gorillas. He gave one gorilla to each of 8 friends. How many gorillas did each friend get?
This is an example of what rule or property?
Division rule for 1
500
Look at the rectangle drawing. Find the area of the large rectangle by adding the areas of the two small rectangles. Write the equation and solve.
(4X6) + (4X2) = 32