Multiplication and Division word problems Objective: Identify what operation you will use to solve word problem, and prepare your self for ALMIGHTY test
Strategies to solve (x and /) word problems Identify clue words to determine whether to use multiplication or division. Clue Words for Multiplication product total area times Clue Words for Division share distribute quotient average
Jill went to the store 20 times last month Jill went to the store 20 times last month. She buys 30 Skittles each time she goes to the store. How many Skittles did Jill buy last month? Lisa wants to split a collection of cards into groups of 13. Lisa has 65 cards. How many groups will be created?
The school is planning a field trip The school is planning a field trip. There are 1232 students and 44 seats on each school bus. How many buses are needed to take the trip? Each child has 35 bananas. If there are 66 children, how many bananas are there in total?
Jill has 86 dresses. She divided them equally among her 4 daughters and kept the extras. How many dresses did she keep? Jill has 28 Barbies at her house. Each of the Barbies has 17 pairs of shoes. How many pairs of shoes do all the Barbies have?
Jill puts pictures of herself into a scrapbook Jill puts pictures of herself into a scrapbook. On each page she can put 4 pictures. How many pages does she need to put her 58 pictures of herself? Jill’s charges $8.50 an hour to clean toilets. She cleaned toilets at the school for 60 hours. How much money did Jill make?