Multiply and Divide Word Problems

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Objective

I can solve multi-step word problems using multiplication and division.

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Multiplication is a quick way to add several groups of numbers together.

  2. 2

    Division helps you find out how many groups of a certain number you can make.

  3. 3

    If you have 24 apples and need 6 for each pie, you can make 4 pies because 24 divided by 6 is 4.

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Practice

5 questions

1

Sarah is baking cookies for a bake sale. She plans to make 5 batches of cookies. If each batch requires 12 chocolate chips, which of the following shows the total number of chocolate chips Sarah needs?

2

True or False: If a group of friends collects 72 cans for recycling and divides them equally among 6 friends, each friend will receive 12 cans.

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Exit ticket

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“Sarah is baking cookies for the school bake sale. She wants to make 5 batches of cookies, and each batch needs 12 chocolate chips. If she then divides the cookies evenly into 4 boxes, how many cookies will be in each box?”

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