Name
Directions: Read each problem. Trace the lines below the picture as you skip count.
Multiply the problem. Rewrite the answer on the lines. Work the puzzler.
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1. There are 4 sets.
There are 5 apples in each set.
Touch the dots and count by 5.
How many apples are there in all?
Answer _________
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5
10
15
20
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2. There are 5 sets.
There are 5 lemons in each set.
Touch the dots and count by 5.
What is the number of lemons
altogether?
Answer _________
apples
apples
sets
lemons
lemons
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5
10
15
20
25
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3. There are 9 sets.
There are 5 berries in each set.
Touch the dots and count by 5.
What is the total number of berries?
Answer _________
sets
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sets
berries
berries
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
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Sequence count by 5 to 50.
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Multiplying With Pictures
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Name
Directions: Read the story and answer the questions below the story.
Mrs. Dilly spent an entire week canning pickles. It was hard
work to be sure the jars and lids were clean and to make the
pickles. Mrs. Dilly finally finished on Saturday!
Show Your Work
When Mrs. Dilly counted the jars, she had 25 jars of sweet
pickles and 7 times as many of sour pickles.
She took the pickles to the basement and stored them on her
8 pickle shelves. Unfortunately, a cat got in the basement and
broke some of the pickle jars! Now Mrs. Dilly will have to pickle
more pickles.
1. What was the total number of jars of sour pickles Mrs. Dilly
canned?
Answer _________
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2. If Mrs. Dilly could store 12 jars of pickles on each shelf in
the basement, how many jars could be stored in all?
Answer _________
______________________
3. There were 9 sweet pickles in each jar. How many sweet
pickles did Mrs. Dilly can?
Answer _________
______________________
4. The cat in the basement knocked 14 jars of sour pickes off
the shelf, and the jars broke! If there were 7 pickles in each
jar, how many pickles were ruined?
Answer _________
______________________
5. There were 14 people in Mrs. Dilly's book club. If she took
2 jars of sweet pickles and 2 jars of sour pickles for each
person, how many jars would she take for the members?
Answer _________
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Write the number.
One thousand two hundred = ______________________
Two thousand three hundred = ______________________
One thousand twenty = ______________________
Two thousand thirty = ______________________
One thousand two = ______________________
1,200
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Multiplying Two Columns With Regrouping
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Name
Directions: Read each problem. Write the correct numbers in the boxes, then find the
answer. Rewrite the answer on the lines. Work the puzzler.
1. The school band is practicing. There are 6 students
playing the drums, 7 playing the horns and 9 playing
the flutes. What is the total number of students playing
the horns and flutes?
Answer _________
______________________
2. There are 6 baton twirlers at the front of the band. 8
times that many students march in the band. How many
students march in the band?
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horns
flutes
students
twirlers
students
Answer _________
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students
3. If there are 17 students who march in the band and 9
get sick, how many will be left to play?
Answer _________
______________________
students
students
students
4. If there are 72 marching students and there are 8 in
each row, how many rows of marchers would there be?
Answer _________
P u zzle r
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rows
students
Write a subtraction word problem using the numbers 17 and 12.
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Mixed Twos – Nines
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Name
Directions: Finding averages often requires the two steps of addition and division. Read
each problem. Write the correct numbers in the work space, then find the answer.
Rewrite the answer on the line. Work the puzzler.
1. In the distance race, Rudy rode his bike 16 miles. Alton
rode his bike 18 miles and Jennifer rode hers for 14 miles.
What was the average number of miles ridden in the
race? _________
Show Your Work
2. Craig ran 23 yards, Keith ran 41 yards, Vance ran 44
yards and Rodney ran 32 yards in Saturday's football
game. What was the average number of yards for the
4 players? _________
3. Samuel practices the trumpet 3 hours on Monday, 2
hours on Tuesday, 3 hours on Wednesday, 4 hours on
Thursday, 0 hours on Friday, 2 hours on Saturday and 7
hours on Sunday. What is the average number of hours
Samuel practiced per day? _________
4. Sarah, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Samantha were
beginning a babysitter's club. During their first week,
Sarah babysat 4 hours, Elizabeth babysat 10 hours,
Rebecca babysat 8 hours and Samantha babysat 2
hours. What is the average number of hours the 4 girls
babysat their first week? _________
5. Derek's first 3 test scores in English this year were 93%,
74% and 88%. What is his average so far? _________
P u zzle r
Find the area of the triangles.
8 cm
6 ft.
11 ft.
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k ____ ____
10 dm
40 dm
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Finding Averages
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