Mrs. Sarratt bought 24 green grapes and 36 red grapes. She packaged them into 6 containers. How many grapes were in each container?
10 grapes
Miss Schoech bought 14 chapter books and 26 picture books? She wants to put 8 books into each basket. How many baskets will she need?
5 baskets
Mr. VanCleave went fishing and put 5 fish into each of his 5 coolers. He says he caught 10 fish. What was his mistake? How many fish did he actually catch?
He added 5 + 5 instead of multiplying 5 x 5. He actually caught 25 fish!
Mrs. Ali had 4 children sitting at 5 of her tables. She has 3 children sitting at 1 table. How many children are in Mrs. Ali’s class?
23 children
Mrs. Davidson picked 12 apples and divided them into 3 bags. She says each bag has 9 apples. What was her mistake? How many apples are actually in each bag?
She subtracted 12 - 3 instead of dividing 12 / 3. She actually has 4 apples in each bag.
Mrs. Davis put 2 plants on 6 shelves. She says she has 3 plants. What was her mistake? How many plants does she actually have?
She divided 6 by 2 instead of multiplying 6 x 2. She actually has 12 plants.
Miss Hidalgo bought 4 pounds of potatoes. The rice she bought weighs 6 pounds more than the potatoes. What is the total weight of Miss Hidalgo’s food?
14 pounds
7 x 5 =
35
6 x 8 =
48
8 x 3 =
24
3 x 9 =
27
2 x 6 =
12
6 x 7 =
42
7 x 9 =
63
10 x 9 =
90
7 x 4 =
28
