Multiply or Divide?
1. Read each task card. With your partner decide if you
will need to multiply or divide. Sort your cards using
the header sheets.
2. Choose two multiplication and two division problems
to solve on your own.
3. Record your work in your math journal.
Multiply
Divide
Card 1
Card 2
A robot has 4 hands. Each hand has
We made 20 muffins for the bake
6 fingers. How many fingers does
sale. We put the muffins in bags to
the robot have altogether?
sell. We put 4 muffins in each bag.
How many bags of muffins did we
have to sell?
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Card 3
Card 4
We bought 5 packs of yogurt cups.
Five children have one book of 35
Each pack had 4 yogurt cups. How
movie tickets to share equally. How
many yogurts did we buy?
many movies can each child see?
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Card 5
Card 6
Before school my mother gave me a
Benjamin drew a picture of 7
pack of 24 new pencils. When I get
pentagons. Each pentagon has 5
to school, I want to share them
sides. How many sides are there in
equally among my three friends and
all?
me. How many pencils will each of us
get?
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Card 7
Card 8
Susan is counting tires on cars as
Caleb has 36 trading cards. He can
they drive by her house. She
put 3 cards on each page of his
counted a total of 28 tires. How
trading card book. How many pages
many cars drove by her house?
does he need to hold his cards?
Multiply or Divide Task Cards
Multiply or Divide Task Cards