Choose Multiply or Divide in Word Problems

Before handing out the worksheet, briefly introduce the concept with a short oral warm-up or a visual model on the board. Let students work through it independently, using a partner or small group only if they want to talk through their thinking, encouraging them to talk through their thinking: "What strategy are you using? How do you know that is right?" After completing the worksheet, review any missed problems together and discuss the reasoning rather than just the answer. For extra support, let students use manipulatives or draw pictures alongside the written problems. These mixed multiply & divide word problems worksheets work well as daily practice, homework, or a focused review activity.

Circle multiply or divide for 5 stories, like 42 beads on 7 bracelets, then write the equation and solve. Multiply to find the total of equal groups. Divide to find the number of groups or the number in each group. The directions on the page read: Read each problem. Then, circle Multiply or Divide. Then, write the equation in the work box and the answer in the box. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 3rd Grade word problems mixed, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with mixed multiply & divide word problems. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

If the story gives the number of groups and the size of each and asks for the total, multiply. If it gives the total and asks for the groups or the size of each, divide. Choose Multiply or Divide in Word Problems has children circle the operation before they solve.

A letter like n stands for the number you need to find, as in 45 divided by 5 equals n. Write an Equation With an Unknown for Word Problems asks for an equation like this for each story, then the answer.

Lengths, liquid volumes and masses work like other numbers, as long as the unit stays with the answer: 9 bags of 5 kilograms weigh 45 kilograms.

Yes. All 8 sheets have an answer key.

They ask what the story gives and what it wants. Joining or taking away points to adding or subtracting, and equal groups point to multiplying or dividing. Choose Multiply or Divide in Word Problems has children circle the operation first.

A letter, such as n, that stands for the unknown number, as in 45 divided by 5 equals n. Word problems with variables and Write an Equation With an Unknown for Word Problems practice writing these equations.

3.OA.A.3 (multiplication and division word problems within 100) and 3.OA.D.8 (two-step word problems with the four operations, using a letter for the unknown). The fraction word problems sheet supports 3.NF.A.1.