Factors and Multiples: Real-Life Math Challenge for 4th Graders

1. Sarah has 24 apples. She wants to pack them into bags with the same number of apples in each bag. What are the different ways she can pack the apples using factors of 24?

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

• 15

• 10

• 5

2. A gardener is planting flowers in rows. If he plants 36 flowers and wants to have the same number of flowers in each row, what are the possible numbers of rows he can create?

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36

• 5

• 7

• 10

3. Tom is making gift bags for a party. If he has 30 candies and wants to put the same number of candies in each bag, what are the different ways he can distribute the candies using factors of 30?

• 7

• 12

• 4

• 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30

4. A school is organizing a field trip for 48 students. If they want to arrange the students in groups of the same size, what are the possible group sizes they can use?

• 10

• 5

• [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48]

• 20

5. Lisa is baking cookies and has a recipe that makes 12 cookies. If she wants to make multiples of the recipe, how many cookies will she have if she makes 3, 4, or 5 batches?

• 36 cookies for 3 batches, 48 cookies for 4 batches, 60 cookies for 5 batches.

• 60 cookies for 4 batches

• 72 cookies for 5 batches

• 24 cookies for 3 batches

6. A box can hold 18 toys. If a toy store has 54 toys, how many boxes will they need to store all the toys?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

7. A farmer has 40 chickens and wants to put them in coops with the same number of chickens in each coop. What are the possible sizes of the coops he can use?

• 6

• 3

• 12

• 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40

8. If a teacher has 60 pencils and wants to give them out equally to students, what are the different numbers of students she can give them to using factors of 60?

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60

• 9

• 8

• 7

9. A baker makes 15 loaves of bread each day. How many loaves will he have after 4 days?

• 45

• 75

• 30

• 60

10. A sports team has 32 players and wants to divide them into teams of equal size. What are the possible team sizes they can form?

• 3

• [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32]

• 10

• 5