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100

Chris drew a strip diagram on her paper to represent a multiplication problem. What multiplication problem did she represent? Draw strip diagram with 4 parts and 8 in each part.

What is 4 X 8

100

Kim’s family is driving to visit her aunt. They drive about 70 miles an hour for 4 hours. About how many miles does Kim live from her aunt?

What is 70 X 4= 280 miles

100

Jana’s bathroom floor rug is drawn below. How many square feet of her bathroom are covered by the rug? Teacher draw a rug with dimensions of 4 feet by 7 feet.

4 X 7 =28

100

Aiden bought 6 packages of bookmarks, with 3 bookmarks in each package. Which equation shows how many bookmarks Aiden bought?

6 X 3 = 18

100

Skip count to find the number that comes next. 8, 12, 16, ___

20

200

Jerry had 18 ounces of non-fat frozen yogurt. He wanted to share the yogurt between himself and 2 friends. How many ounces of non-fat frozen yogurt did each person get?


18÷3=6

200

It takes 8 oranges to make 1 quart of orange juice. Which equation below can be used to find how many oranges it takes to make 6 quarts of orange juice?

What is 8 X 6

200

David wants to share his 42 marbles between himself and 5 friends. What strip diagram should be used to represent how many marbles each person should get?

Teacher draws strip diagram on the board.

200

Jim paints models each night for a week. If he has 35 models to paint, how many models will he paint each night?

35÷7=5

200

A pet store has 4 cages of birds. Each cage has 5 birds. Which is NOT a way to find how many birds the pet store has?

a. 4 X 4 X 4 X 4 X 4 

b. 5, 10 , 15, 20

c. teacher draw an array of 4 rows with 5 in each

A. 4 X 4 X 4 X 4 X 4

300

Jill has Christmas stars that she wants to hang on her 4 windows. Each window will have 24 stars. How many Christmas stars will she need? Draw a strip diagram to solve.

Teacher draws the strip diagram.

300

Miles is selling his old toy cars for $5 each. He has 33 of them. What is the best estimate of how much money Miles will make if he sells all of his cars?

30 X 5 = 150

300

Which fact represents the larger array before it was broken into the smaller arrays? Teacher draws arrays : 2 rows of 4 and 3 rows of 4

5 X 4 = 20

300

A play has 7 parts to try out for. If 5 children try out for each part, how many children tried out for the play in all?

7 X 5 = 35

300

Brenna wrestled a total of 36 minutes at Saturday's tournament. Each match was 4 minutes long. How many matches did she wrestle on Saturday?

36÷4=9

400

A box of pencils contains 45 pencils. Which number sentence can be used to find the number of pencils 5 people would get if they shared the box?


45÷5=9

400

Each bench in a gym at Marie's school seats 14 children. How many children can be seated at 5 benches if there are no empty seats?

What is 14 X 5= 50 + 20 =70

400

Maria made this area model showing 6 rows of 25. The blue part has the area of 6 × 20, or 120. What is the area of the red part? (Teacher should draw the area model on the board)

6 X 5 = 30

400

Aiden wrestles in a tournament on Saturday and Sunday. He wrestled 18 matches. If he wrestled the same number of matches on both days, how many matches did he wrestle each day?

18÷2=9

400

A hexagon is a polygon with six sides. If Crystal uses one toothpick for each side of a hexagon, how many toothpicks will she need if she makes 6 hexagons? Teacher make a chart with 2 hexagons, 3 hexagons, and 5 hexagons.

6 X 6 = 36

500

Shannon drew a strip diagram on her paper to represent the multiplication problem 5 X 62. What strip diagram did she draw?

Teacher draws the strip diagram

500

Shannon visits her mom every day. It takes 4 minutes to walk one way from Shannon’s house to her mom’s house. How many minutes does Shannon spend walking to her mom’s house and back home in 6 days?

4 X 2 = 8 8 X 6 = 48

500

Which fact represents the larger array before it was broken into the smaller arrays? Teacher draws arrays as 2 rows of 7 and 2 rows of 7

4 X 7 = 28

500

Nicole visits her sister every day. It takes 5 minutes to walk one way from Nicole’s house to her sister’s house. How many minutes does Nicole spend walking to her sister’s house and back home in 8 days?

5 X 2 = 10 10 X 8 = 80

500

Our school has a festival. It costs 8 tickets to play one game. Which table represents the numbers of games that would be played for different numbers of tickets? Make a table that shows the cost of 1, 3, 5, and 6 games.

Teacher draws the table.