Two Step Multiply and Divide

Miriam had 63 flowers and 9 vases.

•She threw away 9 flowers that had broken stems.

•She put an equal number of all the flowers she had left into each vase.

How many flowers Miriam put into each vase?

Miriam put _____ flowers in each vase.

The table shows the numbers of baseball cards in different numbers of packages.

Based on the relationship shown in the table, which statement is true?

• The number of packages times 1 equals the number of baseball cards.

• The number of packages plus 1 equals the number of baseball cards.

• The number of packages plus 11 equals the number of baseball cards.

• The number of packages times 11 equals the number of baseball cards.

Cassandra used all the balloons in 11 packages to decorate for a party.

•There were 6 balloons in each package.

•Half of the balloons in each package were red.

Which equation can be used to find the total number of red balloons Cassandra used?

• 11 × 6 - 3 = 63

• 11 × 6 ÷ 2 = 33

• 11 - 6 + 2 = 7

• 11 × 6 ÷ 3 = 22

Hector played a game 14 times. Each time he played, he threw 4 red balls and 3 green balls at a target.

What was the total number of balls Hector threw at the target?

Hector threw a total of ______ balls at the target.

Gerardo bought 3 packages of mint gum and 2 packages of bubble gum. Each package had 8 pieces of gum.

How many pieces of gum did Gerardo buy?

Geraldo bought _____ pieces of gum.

There are 3 basketball teams practicing together in a gym.

•Each team has 10 players.

•All of the players are used to make 6 groups during the practice.

•There is an equal number of players in each group.

How many players are in each group?

There are _____ players in each group.

A group of 64 children and 24 adults will travel to a zoo in vans. There will be 8 people in each van.

How many vans will be needed to take the group to the zoo?

_____ vans will be needed to take the group to the zoo.

Sam had 48 cookies. He split the cookies equally into 8 bags. He sold 2 bags of cookies. How many cookies did Sam sell?

Sam sold _____ cookies.

A classroom currently contains 6 rows of chairs with 5 chairs per row. On parents’ night the classroom had twice as many chairs.

Which number sentence can be used to find the number of chairs in the

classroom on parents’ night?

• 6 + 5 +2=?

• 6 X 5 X 2=?

• 6 x 5 ÷ 2 = ?

• 6 + 5 X 2 = ?

There are two different vegetables in a garden.

• There are 5 rows that have 16 carrot plants in each row.

• There are 72 spinach plants.

How many vegetable plants are there in the garden?

There are ___ vegetable plants in the garden.