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How thick would 5 reams be?  \n2) You get 6 apples in a bag. How many apples in 2 bags?   \n3) I share 12 chocolates equally between my 3 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n4) A pen costs $5 to buy. How much would 4 pens cost?  \n5) A PP9 battery has 9 volts. If I connect 2 batteries together, how many volts would the circuit have?  \n6) How many legs would 4 cats have?  \n7) Tyger downloads 3 new apps a week for his tablet. How many apps will he have after 3 weeks?  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2A ANSWERS  \n1) A ream (500 sheets) of paper is 4cm thick. How thick would 5 reams be?  \n4 x 5 = 20cm thick  \n2) You get 6 apples in a bag. How many apples in 2 bags?  \n6 x 2 = 12 apples  \n3) I share 12 chocolates equally between my 3 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n12 ÷ 3 = 4 chocolates each.  \n*** Trick question-this is a division problem ***  \n4) A pen costs $5 to buy. How much would 4 pens cost?  \n$5 x 4 = $20  \n5) A PP9 battery has 9 volts. If I connect 2 batteries together, how many volts would the circuit have?  \n9 x 2 = 18 volts  \n6) How many legs would 4 cats have?  \n4 x 4 = 16 legs  \n7) Tyger downloads 3 new apps a week for his tablet. How many apps will he have after 3 weeks?  \n3 x 3 = 9 apps  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2B  \nHave a go at solving these multiplication problems.  \nCan you spot the ‘trick’ problem which is not a multiplication problem?  \n1) A ream (500 sheets) of paper is 4cm thick. How thick would 9 reams be?  \n2) You get 8 apples in a bag. How many apples in 5 bags?   \n3) I share 8 chocolates equally between my 2 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n4) A pen costs $7 to buy. How much would 6 pens cost?  \n5) A PP9 battery has 9 volts. If I connect 3 batteries together, how many volts would the circuit have?  \n6) How many legs would 7 cats have?  \n7) Tyger downloads 3 new apps a week for his tablet. How many apps will he have after 10 weeks?  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2B ANSWERS  \n1) A ream (500 sheets) of paper is 4cm thick. How thick would 9 reams be?  \n4 x 9 = 36cm  \n2) You get 8 apples in a bag. How many apples in 5 bags?  \n5 x 8 = 40 apples  \n3) I share 8 chocolates equally between my 2 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n8 ÷ 2 = 4 chocolates each.  \n*** Trick question-this was a division question ***  \n4) A pen costs $7 to buy. How much would 6 pens cost?  \n$7 x 6 = $42  \n5) A PP9 battery has 9 volts. If I connect 3 batteries together, how many volts would the circuit have?  \n9 x 3 = 27 volts  \n6) How many legs would 7 cats have?  \n7 x 4 = 28 legs  \n7) Tyger downloads 3 new apps a week for his tablet. How many apps will he have after 10 weeks?  \n3 x 10 = 30 apps  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2C  \nHave a go at solving these multiplication problems.  \nCan you spot the ‘trick’ problem which is not a multiplication problem?  \n1) A ream (500 sheets) of paper is 4cm thick. How thick would 13 reams be?  \n2) You get 8 apples in a bag. How many apples in 7 bags?   \n3) I share 24 chocolates equally between my 3 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n4) A pen costs $13 to buy. How much would 6 pens cost?  \n5) A PP9 battery has 9 volts. If I connect 7 batteries together, how many volts would the circuit have?  \n6) How many legs would 15 cats have?  \n7) Tyger downloads 15 new apps a week for his tablet. How many apps will he have after 6 weeks?  \nName Date  \nMULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2C ANSWERS  \n1) A ream (500 sheets) of paper is 4cm thick. How thick would 13 reams be?  \n4 x 13 = 52cm thick  \n2) You get 8 apples in a bag. How many apples in 7 bags?  \n8 x 7 = 56 apples  \n3) I share 24 chocolates equally between my 3 friends. How many chocolates do they each get?  \n24 ÷ 3 = 8 chocolates each  \n*** Trick","cbCaif90Y4f5Oini","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif90Y4f5Oini","pdf",228197,"English","# MULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2A\n## Questions\n## Answers\n# MULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2B\n## Questions\n## Answers\n# MULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2C\n## Questions\n## Answers","[{\"question\":\"What types of multiplication word problems are included in MULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2A?\",\"answer\":\"They include measuring thickness from paper reams, counting items in bags, sharing chocolates equally, finding costs for multiple pens, calculating total volts from connected batteries, and counting legs for cats and apps after several weeks.\"},{\"question\":\"Which question in 3.2A is the trick question?\",\"answer\":\"The trick question is the one that is described as ‘this is a division problem,’ meaning it is not a multiplication problem.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the answers provided for 3.2A?\",\"answer\":\"Each question is followed by a short calculation showing the operation (such as multiplication or division) and the final result.\"}]","MULTIPLICATION PROBLEMS 3.2A - Multiplication worksheet - Trick question | PDF",1792678195,15]