Multiplication Fluency
1 x 2
2
12 / 2
6
Ms. Mendoza has 7 packs of erasers. Each pack has 10 erasers. How many erasers does she have?
70 erasers
Ms. Sandera paid $200 at the spa. She paid $40 for her manicure and $50 for a pedicure. How much did she pay for her facial?
$110
Define the word factor.
A factor is one of the numbers in a multiplication equation. It stands for the number of groups or the number in each group.
3 x 4
12
20 / 4
5
Mrs. Sandera had 324 paper clips. She then bought another box of 546 paper clips. How many paper clips does she have now?
870 paper clips
Ms. Mendoza bought 5 boxes of cookies. Each box had 8 cookies in it. She then split the cookies between her and the 3 other teachers. How many cookies did each teacher get?
10 cookies
Define the word product.
The answer to a multiplication equation.
5 x 6
30
42 / 7
6
Ms. Mpuru brought in cupcakes for all of the third grade teachers. If she brought in 24 cupcakes, how many cupcakes would each teacher get?
6 cupcakes
Ms. Mpuru has 87 pomegranates. She ate 15 of them before giving them to her neighbors. How many pomegranates did she give to get 9 neighbors?
9 pomegranates
Define the word multiple.
A multiple is is the product of a quantity and a whole number. For example, 20 is a multiple of 5 because it's the product of 4 and 5.
7 x 8
56
45 / 9
5
Ms. Tennant bought 49 flowers. She needs to put them into 7 vases. How many flowers would go in each vase?
7 flowers
Ms. Tennant bought 6 bags of dog treats. Each bag has 30 dog treats in it. Tyson has already eaten 5 of the treats, how many treats are left?
175 treats
Define the word quotient.
The answer to a division equation.
9 x 9
81
64 / 8
8
Mrs. Nelson had a meeting with 15 teachers. She bought 9 boxes of donuts. Each box had 12 donuts. How many donuts did she buy?
108 donuts
There are 4 third grade classes. Each class has 4 tables with 5 students each. How many students are in the third grade?
80 students
Define the distributive property.
The distributive property is when you decompose a factor and multiply each number by the remaining factor and then add the two partial products.
OR
The distributive property is when you have a number multiplying by a number decomposed into a group of numbers added or multiplied together, then add up all the results