a) A tin of biscuits has 32 biscuits in it. How many biscuits are there in 3 tins? The answer is 96.
b) A bag of potatoes contains 14 potatoes. How many potatoes are there in 2 bags?
c) There are 13 marbles in a packet. How many marbles are there in 7 packets?
Try these multiplication questions the short way. 2. a)
× 3. a) × 4. a) ×
1 2 4
2 6 3
6 9 7
b) × b) × b) ×
3 1 3
1 4 5
9 6 8
c) × c) × c) × × × ×
3 2 3
9 6 1 4
2
1 3 7
2 4 2
2 4 3
5 8 7
d) × d) × d) ×
1 6 1
1 9 5
4 3 9
e) × e) × e) ×
3 3 2
1 7 4
7 1 6
5. The children of St Anthony’s School were going to Croke Park to watch their school team play in the football final. Each coach carried 42 children. If it took 9 full coaches to bring the children to the match, how many children in total were on the coaches?
Use the box provided to work out the answer using the short method of multiplication.
6. Joseph’s local grocery shop received a delivery of 6 boxes of bananas. Each box of bananas contained 86 bananas. How many bananas did the shop receive in total?
7. If Corky downloaded 9 music albums, and each album contained 12 individual songs, how many songs did Corky download in total?