IXL | Solve multiplication and division word problems with diagrams and equations

Read the story.

Wesley and his friends made a huge pile of water balloons to have an epic water balloon fight. To be fair, they divided the pile of water balloons equally among the 5 friends. If each friend got 11 water balloons, how many water balloons were in the pile?

Pick the diagram that models the story. Let w represent how many water balloons were in the pile.

Write a division equation with w that models the story.

Equation:

Now, solve for

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Read the story.

Darren's mom brought a package of water bottles to soccer practice. There were 3 rows of water bottles in the package and 12 water bottles in each row. How many water bottles were in the package?

Pick the diagram that models the story. Let w represent how many water bottles were in the package.

Write a multiplication equation with w that models the story.

Equation:

Now, solve for

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Start by listing the information given in the problem:

There were 3 rows of water bottles.
There were 12 water bottles in each row.
There were w water bottles in the package.

This diagram models the story.

water bottles in the package

3 rows of 12 water bottles

Now, write a multiplication equation that models the story.

3	×	12	=	w

number of rows		water bottles in each row		water bottles in the package

Multiply to solve for

So, there were 36 water bottles in the package.

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