Multiplication and Division

We have written story problems like:

• Natalie wants to buy 54 pencils for each student in her classroom.  There are 27 students.  How many pencils will she need to buy?
• Natalie has 100 apples, and she had 13 students.  How many apples does each student get if they get the same amount?

Can you figure out which is multiplication and which is division?

We also talked about mathematical symbols, like less than (<), more or greater than (>), and does not equal (≠).

In addition, we have discussed exponents, which mean a small number that goes on top of the big number.  For example, 21^3 = 21x21x21 = 9,261.


On Wednesday, we're having our test.