How to multiply

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SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative › How to multiply

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1

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

2

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

3

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

4

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

5

If one apples weighs ounces, how much do three apples weigh?

Explanation

Multiply the number of apples by the weight.

6

It takes Hannah minutes to get dressed in the morning. It takes her older sister, Sara, times as long. How long does it take Sara to get dressed?

Explanation

The phrase " times as long" tells you that we are going to multiply by .

Let's have represent how long it takes Sara to get dressed.

Think: minutes 4 times would be how many minutes?

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7

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

8

Fill in the missing piece of the table.

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Explanation

To solve this problem we can set up a proportion and cross multiply to solve for our unknown.

First we cross multiply.

Then we divide each side by to isolate the .

9

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

10

Justin has shelves in his room. Each shelf holds toys. If Justin has toys, how many toys don't fit on the shelves?

Explanation

To solve this problem, we first need to find out how many of Justin's toys will fit on the shelves. If we have shelves, and toys fit on each shelf, we can multiply those two numbers together to find out the total number of toys that will fit. Let's let represent the number of toys that will fit.

Justin has toys, so to find out how many don't fit on the shelves we need to know what is left over, so we subtract. Let's let represent the number of toys left over.

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