Multi-step word problem

Objective: I can use various strategies to solve problems
involving multiplication or division, including interpreting the
remainder.

Guiding Question:
Which strategy can I use to solve a multiplication or division
problem?

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Multiplication or Division?

Stand in the middle of the room. Read each of the following stories then decide
whether they are multiplication, division, or both.

If the story contains multiplication, move to the right.

If the story contains division, move to the left.

If the story contains both, stay in the middle.

Directions:

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Story 1

Story 2

Story 3

A sporting goods store ordered 8 boxes
of golf balls.

●Each box contained 15 tubes of
golf balls.

●Each tube contained 6 golf balls.

How many total golf balls did the sporting
goods store order?

Melissa recorded her earnings for 3 days.
On Monday, she earned $535. On
Tuesday, she earned $427. On
Wednesday, she earned $346.

Melissa will distribute her earnings
equally between her savings account, her
checking account, and her favorite
charity. How much money will Melissa
put in her savings account?

Mrs. West ordered 12 boxes of
Christmas cards to share with the
fourth-grade teachers at Hank Aaron
Elementary. Each box of Christmas cards
contained 35 cards. Mrs. West divided
the cards evenly among herself and the 4
other fourth grade teachers at Hank
Aaron Elementary. How many cards did
each teacher receive?

1.

With a partner discuss what is happening in each of the stories.

2.

How did you know what operation to use in each of the stories?

3.

Do any other operations (addition or subtraction) need to be used to solve the problems?

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Mrs. West ordered 12 boxes of Christmas cards to share with the
fourth-grade teachers at Hank Aaron Elementary. Each box of Christmas
cards contained 35 cards. Mrs. West divided the cards evenly among
herself and the 4 other fourth grade teachers at Hank Aaron Elementary.
How many cards did each teacher receive?

1.

What is this story about?

2.

What do I need to find out?

3.

What do I know?

4.

What information do we need to find out first to solve the problem?

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We can use partial products or the standard algorithm to find out the total number of
Christmas cards ordered in the 12 boxes.

Partial Products

Standard Algorithm

Mrs. West ordered 420 Christmas cards.

Does this answer the question: How many cards did each teacher receive? No, we have not
answered the question because we only know the total number of cards ordered.

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Partial Quotients

Standard Algorithm

Each teacher received 84 Christmas cards.

Do we have the answer to the question: How many cards did each teacher receive? Yes, we
have answered the question. Each teacher received 84 Christmas cards.

In order to find out how many cards each teacher received, we need to divide the total
number of cards by the number of teachers. We can use partial quotients or the standard
algorithm to find out how many Christmas cards each teacher will receive.

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Compare stories 1 and 2 using the following sentence stems.

Story 1 and Story 2 are similar because ______________________________.

Story 1 and Story 2 are different because ______________________________.

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Story 1

Story 2

A sporting goods store ordered 8 boxes of golf balls.

Each box contained 15 tubes of golf balls.

●Each tube contained 6 golf balls.

How many total golf balls did the sporting goods store
order?

Melissa recorded her earnings for 3 days. On
Monday, she earned $535. On Tuesday, she earned
$427. On Wednesday, she earned $346.

Melissa will distribute her earnings equally between
her savings account, her checking account, and her
favorite charity. How much money will Melissa put in
her savings account?

Find the solutions for stories 1 and 2.

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