Multiplication & Division in Word Problems
Malia drives a bus 5 hours each day. How many hours did Malia drive the bus after five days?
25 hours
Grant walks 2 miles every day. Which could NOT be the number of miles that Grant has walked after some number of days?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 10
d) 18
B
Kiana sells 10 boxes of oranges for a fundraiser. Molly sells 4 fewer boxes than Kiana. How many more boxes of oranges does Molly need to sell in order to sell 20 boxes?
14 boxes
Complete the sentence to interpret 7 x 5 = 35 as a comparison.
____ times as many as ____ is ____.
5 times as many as 7 is 35.
OR
7 times as many as 5 is 35.
Raoul swims 7 laps in a pool. Kaya swims 28 laps. How many times more laps did Kaya swim than Raoul?
a) 4
b) 21
c) 35
d) 196
A
Simon arranges his 36 toy cars into equal-sized piles. Which list shows ALL the possible numbers of cars that could be in each pile?
a) 2, 3, 4, 6
b)1, 2, 3, 4, 6
c) 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18
d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36
D
Franklin uses 3 eggs to make a large omelet and 2 eggs to make a small omelet. How many eggs does he need to make 5 large omelets and 4 small omelets?
a) 14 eggs
b) 22 eggs
c) 23 eggs
d) 26 eggs
C
Complete the sentence to interpret 4 x 9 = 36 as a comparison.
____ times as many as ____ is ____.
9 times as many as 4 is 36.
OR
4 times as many as 9 is 36.
Viet learns 25 new spelling words. That is 5 times as many words as Max learns. How many words does Max learn?
5 words
3, 9, 27, 81
Kate buys 5 books and 8 CDs at the library book sale. The books cost $4 each, and the CDs cost $3 each. Which equations can be used to find how much money, s, Kate spends at the library book sale? Choose all the correct answers.
a) s = (5 x 8) + (4 x 3)
b) s = (8 x 3) + (5 x 4)
c) s = (5 + 4) x (4 +3)
d) s = (5 + 8) x (4 + 3)
e) s = (4 x 5) + (3 x 8)
B and E
Write an equation to represent the comparison below:
24 is 3 times as many as 8.
3 x 8 = 24
OR
8 x 3 = 24
Kyle sells 20 boxes of fruit for a fundraiser. Omar sells 2 times as many boxes of fruit as Kyle sells. What is the total number of boxes that Kyle and Omar sell?
60 boxes
There are 12 levels in Liang's new video game. Suppose he plays the same number of levels each day. What are all the possibilities for the number of days Liang could play the game without repeating a level?
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12
Ryan spends $80 at the florist. He buys red roses for $35. He also buys white roses for $21 and 4 vases that all cost the same. What is the price of each vase?
a)$4
b)$6
c)$15
d)$24
B
Decide which equations represents the comparison 48 is 4 times as many as 12.
a) 5 x 12 = 48
b) 48 = 12 x 4
c) 48 - 4 = 12
d) 4 + 12 = 48
e) 48 x 4 = 12
f) 4 x 12 = 48
b AND f
On Sunday, Pablo bikes 7 miles in the morning. He bikes 5 times as many miles in the afternoon. How many miles does Pablo bike in all on Sunday?
42 miles
Miles has 20 books to arrange in stacks. He wants to put the same number of books in each stack. List all the different ways Miles can arrange the books.
1 stack of 20 books
2 stacks of 10 books
4 stacks of 5 books
20 stacks of 1 book
10 stacks of 2 books
5 stacks of 4 books
Ella buys 5 packages of charms to make bracelets. Each package has 6 charms. Ella uses 4 charms to make each bracelet.
Write and solve an equation to find the greatest number of bracelets Ella can make with the charms.
7 bracelets
Draw a bar model to represent the comparison 6 is 3 times as many as 2.
See teacher's whiteboard for answer.