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100
4 * 30=
120
100
1 L = ______ mL ; 1 kg = ______ g
1 L = 1,000 mL ; 1 kg = 1,000 g
100
Solve using the area method. 4 * 36 =
144
100
The Salomon family wants to build a fence around their house. Their yard is 20 feet long and 30 feet wide. How many feet of fence do they need?
100 feet
100
The Salomon family wants to tile their kitchen floor. The floor is 15 feet wide and 10 feet long. How many square feet do they need?
150 square feet
200
70 * 20 =
1,400
200
4,000 mL = ______ L
4,000 mL = 4 L
200
Solve using the traditional method. 2 * 71 =
142
200
Allison buys 4 bags of apples each month. Each bag has 15 apples. How many apples does she buy in a year?
4 x 15 = 60 60 x 12 = 720 Allison buys 720 apples a year.
200
Anthony played soccer and scored 3 goals a day for 3 weeks. When he played hockey, he scored 2 goals a day for 4 weeks. How many goals did he score altogether?
3 x 21 = 63 2 x 28 = 56 56 + 63 = 119 goals
300
6,000 * 30 =
180,000
300
18 kg = _____ g
18 kg = 18,000 g
300
Solve using the area method. 83 * 94 =
7,802
300
Caleb buys 8 bags of grapes each month. Each bag has 40 grapes. How many grapes will he have in 1 year?
8 x 40 = 320 320 x 12 = 3,840
300
Katie has 2 flowerbeds to fill up with tulip bulbs. One flowerbed measures 24 feet by 6 feet, and the other bed measures 15 feet by 8 feet. Each bulb needs about a square foot of space. If Katie wants each bed to be half red tulips and half white tulips, how many of each color bulb should she buy?
Katie should buy 132 of each color tulip. She can plant a total of 264 tulips in her garden. Since Katie wants half red and half white, I split the total in half. That gave me 132.
400
800 * 40 =
32,000
400
Tara bought 2 kg of hot dogs and 2 kg of steak. How many grams of meat did she buy?
4 kg = 4,000 g
400
Solve using the traditional method. 76 * 32 =
2,432
400
Jon wanted to buy pizza for the entire class. There are 20 people in his class. He figured that each person would eat two slices. Each pie costs $12.00. How many pies will Jon need? How much will Jon spend? Explain your thinking.
John will need to buy 5 pizza pies. Jon will spend $60 on the 5 pies he is ordering for his class.
400
Jim’s doctor said he should walk about 10,000 steps each day for his health, so Jim bought a Fitbit to record his steps. About 2,120 of Jim’s steps equal a mile. If Jim has walked about 4 miles today, how many steps has his Fitbit recorded so far? How many more steps does Jim need to reach his goal?
Jim has walked 8,480 steps. Jim needs to walk 1,520 more steps to reach is goal.
500
70,000 * 400 =
28,000,000
500
On Tuesday, Ben swam 50 meters. On Wednesday, he swam 30 meters. How many centimeters did he swim in all?
80 meters = 8,000 centimeters
500
Solve using the traditional method. 731 * 45 =
32,895
500
Sarah has to buy some items at the store. She wants to know if her $50 is enough to purchase all of the items. Sarah needs to buy 3 cases of water, each case is $7.00. She also needs to get a cake and 12 balloons. The cake costs $20. The balloons cost $1 each. Will Sarah have enough money? What is the exact amount Sarah will spend?
Sarah will not have enough money. Sarah's total will be $53. She will need three more dollars to have the correct amount.
500
Robby’s Lawn Service must work in Mrs. Gilroy’s yard quickly because of a 3:00 p.m. storm prediction. Robby thinks it will take about 30 minutes for each task: trimming the bushes, mowing the lawn, weeding the flower beds, edging the lawn, raking, and cleaning up. They will begin working at 1:00 p.m. How long will it take 1 employee to do the work? How long for 2 employees working together? If you were Robby, how many employees would you send?
It would take 1 employee 180 minutes (3 hours). It would take 2 employees 90 minutes (1 and a half hours). I would send ____ employee(s) because…