LESSON 4 Solving Problems with Multiplication and Division

Story Problems

Solve the following problems. For each problem, show or tell how you found your solution.

1. There are 6 juice boxes in one package. How many juice boxes are in 12 packages?

2. Luis wants to buy 200 marbles. Each bag of marbles contains 50 marbles. How many bags of marbles should he buy?
3. Luis will divide his 200 marbles equally among himself and his four friends. How many marbles will each of them get?
4. For her birthday, Suzanne wants to invite six friends to go skating with her. If tickets cost $1.50 per person, how much will it cost for Suzanne and her friends to skate?

5. Each cupcake box holds a half dozen cupcakes. How many boxes are needed to hold 48 cupcakes?
6. Five children found $3.00 on the playground. When no one claimed it, the principal said they could share it equally. How much did each child get?

Multiply or Divide?

7. Look back over the problems you solved in Questions 1–6. Write number sentences for each one. Which problems have multiplication sentences? Which have division sentences?