3rd Grade Multiplication/Division Unit Assessment

Mrs. Josephine wrote this equation on the board and asked her students to solve for the unknown number and to show their work.

Which statement is true based on the students’ work?

• Jonathan is correct and he used the relationship between multiplication and division.

• Mandy is correct and she used an array.

• Steven is correct and he used a strip diagram.

• Jonathan and Mandy are correct because 7 groups of 8 is 64.

Brandon wants to determine how many groups of 9 can be made from 63. Which of the following equations will not help him solve this problem?

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Wilma has 63 marbles. 21 of the marbles are removed and the rest are equally separated into 7 containers. How many marbles are in each container?

• 42 marbles, because 63 – 21 = 42.

• 9 marbles, because 63 ÷ 7 = 9.

• 3 marbles, because 21 ÷ 7 = 3.

• 6 marbles, because 42 ÷ 7 = 6.

Jackson has several packs of gum that each contains 5 pieces. If he has a total of 70 pieces of gum, which representation does not show a way to find the number of packs Jackson has?

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Kevin has 8 boxes, each containing 3 yoyos. He wants to put an equal number of these yoyos into 6 goodie bags, shown above. If Kevin uses all the yoyos, how many yoyos will be in each goodie bag?

• 2 yoyos

• 4 yoyos

• 17 yoyos

• 24 yoyos

Chicken strips meals include fries and a drink. Which of the following statements describes the relationship in the table above?

• The number of meals plus 15 is the cost.

• The number of meals is 15 more than the cost.

• The cost times 6 is the number of meals.

• The cost divided by 6 is the number of meals.

Coach Smith is picking teams to run a race during P.E. class today. He wants each team to have 8 runners. If there are 72 students in P.E., how many teams will Coach Smith be able to make?

Mr. Hopkins owns 40 fish and wants to partition them equally into 8 bowls. How many fish will be in each bowl?

• 5

• 9

• 4

• 8

Glue sticks are sold in packages of 4, shown above. Mr. Martin wants to purchase exactly 48 glue sticks. How many packages does he need to purchase?

• 52 packages

• 192 packages

• 12 packages

• 44 packages

Which model represents the expression 28 ÷ 4?

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