WP L2 Flash Cards

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Determine if you need to multiply or divide to solve the following problem. There are 4 groups of penguins and in each group there are 12 penguins. How many penguins are there in all?	Multiply. Each group is the same size.
Multiply or Divide? How many rows of 4 chairs can be made from the stack of 20 chairs?	Divide.
Multiply or Divide? Mom has collected 48 fridge magnets over the years. She decided to buy a smaller fridge, so she distributes the magnets equally between her 4 children. How many magnets does each child receive?	Divide because the magnets are distributed equally.
Multiply or divide? Pens are sold in packets of 20. How many pens will there be in a dozen packets?	Multiply. Each packet has the same number of pens.
Multiply or divide? A teacher gave her students 10 problems to solve. In the evening, she checked the answers of her 30 students. How many answers did the teacher have to check?	Multiply since each student gave 10 answers.
Multiply or Divide? Find the product of 16 and 8.	Multiply.
Multiply or Divide? Find the quotient of 16 and 8.	Divide.
Multiply or Divide? The number of students in your math class is 26, which is twice the number students in your class last year. How many student were in your class last year?	Divide by 2 because you are asked about the number of students in your class LAST year and you are given this year's students.
Multiply or Divide? Jim has 8 books to read over the summer. Mark has to read twice as many books as Jim. How many books does Mark have to read?	Multiply by 2
Multiply or Divide? I found a pile of 24 wheels. How many bicycles can I make?	Divide by 2
Multiply or Divide? Dan, Peter, and Mary have 27 rulers all together. If the rulers are equally divided, how many will each person get?	Divide.
Multiply or Divide? A restaurant sold 40 pizzas in 5 days. How many pizzas on average were sold each day?	Divide.
Multiply or Divide? There were a total of 24 games in the three month season. If the games were equally divided, how many games were played a month?	Divide
Multiply or Divide? There were 6 dolphins that ate 5 fish each. How many fish were eaten in all?	Multiply.
Multiply or Divide? There were 8 ships with 72 total people on board. How many people were on each ship?	Divide.
Multiply or Divide? There were 8 ships with 72 people on each. How many people were on the ships?	Multiply.
Multiply or Divide? George pays $8 a day to use his phone. How much does he have to pay for a week?	Multiply.
Multiply or divide. Jake worked 40 in the last 5 days. He worked the same amount of hours day. How long did he work for each day?	Divide since Jake is working the same amount each day.
Multiply or divide. There are 4 bags of toys. In each bag there are 9 toys. How many toys are there in all?	Multiply since each bag has the same number of toys and you are asked to find the total toys in all.
Multiply or divide. There are 6 butterflies on a leaf. Each butterfly has two wings. How many wings are there in all?	Multiply since each butterfly has 2 wings.

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