Multiplication
Division
Word Problems
Name that Property!
Reasoning
100

3 x 4

12

100

12 / 4

3

100

Emma baked 24 cupcakes and wants to share them equally among 6 friends.
How many cupcakes does each friend get?

4

100

3 x 4 = 4 x 3

Commutative

100

Sasha has 3 boxes of pencils. Each box has 10 pencils.
She gives 8 pencils to her friend.How many pencils does Sasha have left?


Reasoning Prompt: Explain how you knew what operation(s) to use.

22

200

7 x 8

56

200

36 / 6

6

200

A toy car costs $10 and a doll costs $8. If Leo buys one of each, how much money does he spend altogether?

$80

200

Solve and name


5 x 8

( ____ x _____) + ( _____ x _____)

Distributive

40

200

There are twice as many oranges as apples in a basket.
If there are 6 apples, how many oranges are there?


Reasoning Prompt: How do you know your answer makes sense?

12

300

9 x 6

54

300

64 / 8

8

300

There are 42 students on the bus. At the next stop, 15 students get off.
How many students are still on the bus?

27

300

There are 2 teams. Each team has 3 players, and each player brings 4 water bottles.
How many water bottles are there in all and what property was used?

Associative

24

300

Every bike has 2 wheels. There are 9 bikes and 2 tricycles in the park.How many wheels are there in all?


Reasoning Prompt: What steps did you take to find the total?

24

400

80 x 4 =

320

400

120 / 4

30

400

Tom has 300 stickers. He gives 25 to his friend.
How many stickers does Tom have left?

275

400

There are 25 students, and each student makes 1 name tag.
How many name tags are there? Solve and name the property.

25

Identity of 1

400

Tom has $25. He saves $5 every week.
After 3 weeks, how much money will he have?


Reasoning Prompt: How did you figure out how many times to add $5?

$50

500

60 x 4

240

500

______ = 24 /6

4

500

A car travels 894 miles. On Saturday it travels 75 miles and 98 miles on Sunday. Then it travels 73 more miles on Monday. How many miles does the car have left to travel?

650 miles

500

Each basket can hold 8 apples, but there are 0 baskets.
How many apples are there in total? Solve and name 

Property of Zero

500

Lena baked 24 cookies. She gave the same number to 4 friends. Then she ate 2 cookies herself.How many cookies did each friend get?


Reasoning Prompt: What did you have to find first? Why?

1