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How many legs do 2 insects have?  \n2) How many legs do 3 tables have?  \n3) A tablet takes 3 hours to fully charge. How many hours would it take to charge three tablets one after the other?  \n4) There are 4 seasons in a year. How many seasons in 2 years?   \n5) Captain catches 5 frogs but 3 of them escape. How many are left?  \n6) I buy 2 packs of ten pens. How many pens have I bought?   \n7) Newton can run 3 metres in a minute. How far could he run in 2 minutes?  \n8) Eggs come in boxes of 6 eggs. How many eggs in 2 boxes?  \nDid you spot the trick problem?  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 2.2A ANSWERS  \n1) An insect has 6 legs. How many legs do 2 insects have?  \n6 x 2 = 12 legs  \n2) How many legs do 3 tables have?  \n4 x 3 = 12 legs  \n3) A tablet takes 3 hours to fully charge. How many hours would it take to charge three tablets one after the other?  \n3 x 3 = 9 hours  \n4) There are 4 seasons in a year. How many seasons in 2 years?  \n4 x 2 = 8 seasons  \n5) Captain catches 5 frogs but 3 of them escape. How many are left?  \n5-3 = 2 frogs  \n*** Trick question (this was a subtraction problem) ***  \n6) I buy 2 packs of ten pens. How many pens have I bought?  \n10 x 2 = 20 pens  \n7) Newton can run 3 metres in a minute. How far could he run in 2 minutes?  \n3 x 2 = 6 metres  \n8) Eggs come in boxes of 6. How many eggs in 2 boxes?  \n6 x 2 = 12 eggs  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 2.2B  \nHave a go at solving these multiplication word problems.  \nCan you spot the ‘trick’ problem which is not a multiplication problem?  \n1) An insect has 6 legs. How many legs do 3 insects have?  \n2) How many legs do 5 tables have?  \n3) A tablet takes 3 hours to fully charge. How many hours would it take to charge 4 tablets one after the other?  \n4) There are 4 seasons in a year. How many seasons in 4 years?   \n5) Captain catches 10 frogs but 4 of them escape. How many are left?  \n6) I buy 3 packs of ten pens. How many pens have I bought?   \n7) Newton can run 3 metres in a minute. How far could he run in 5 minutes?  \n8) Eggs come in boxes of 6. How many eggs in 4 boxes?  \nDid you spot the trick problem?  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 2.2B ANSWERS  \n1) An insect has 6 legs. How many legs do 3 insects have?  \n6 x 3 = 18 legs  \n2) How many legs do 5 tables have?  \n4 x 5 = 20 legs  \n3) A tablet takes 3 hours to fully charge. How many hours would it take to charge 4 tablets one after the other?  \n3 x 4 = 12 hours  \n4) There are 4 seasons in a year. How many seasons in 4 years?  \n4 x 4 = 16 seasons  \n5) Captain catches 10 frogs but 4 of them escape. How many are left?  \n10-4 = 6 frogs  \n*** Trick question (this was a subtraction problem) ***  \n6) I buy 3 packs of ten pens. How many pens have I bought?  \n10 x 4 = 40 pens  \n7) Newton can run 3 metres in a minute. 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