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Multiplying by 10 Problems

Multiplying by 10 Problems

Students solving multiplication problems

🔢 Part 1: Quick Multiplication by 10

1. Solve these multiplication problems:

a) 7 × 10 = _______

b) 23 × 10 = _______

c) 156 × 10 = _______

d) 8 × 10 = _______

2. What pattern do you notice when multiplying by 10?

📚 Part 2: Word Problems

3. Sarah's School Library

Sarah works at the school library. Each shelf can hold 24 books. If there are 10 shelves in the library, how many books can the library hold in total?

Show your working:

Answer: The library can hold _______ books.

4. The School Canteen

The school canteen sells meat pies for $4 each. On Friday, they sold exactly 10 times as many pies as they usually sell on Monday. If they usually sell 18 pies on Monday, how many pies did they sell on Friday?

Show your working:

Answer: They sold _______ pies on Friday.

5. Sports Day Preparation

For sports day, each class needs 15 metres of ribbon for decorations. There are 10 classes participating in sports day. How many metres of ribbon are needed in total?

Show your working:

Answer: _______ metres of ribbon are needed.

🎯 Part 3: Challenge Problems

6. The Fundraising Fair

Class 5B is organising a fundraising fair. They plan to sell cupcakes for $3 each. If they want to raise $270, and they know that 10 people have already promised to buy cupcakes, how many cupcakes does each person need to buy?

Think about it step by step:

Step 1: How many cupcakes do they need to sell in total? _______ cupcakes

Step 2: If 10 people buy cupcakes equally, how many does each person buy? _______ cupcakes each

7. Garden Project

The Year 4 students are planting a vegetable garden. They plant seeds in rows, with 12 seeds in each row. If they plant 10 rows, how many seeds do they plant altogether? If each packet contains 30 seeds, how many packets will they need?

Show your working:

Total seeds planted: _______ seeds

Number of packets needed: _______ packets

🤔 Part 4: Problem Solving

8. Choose the correct answer for this word problem:

A toy shop receives 10 boxes of building blocks. Each box contains 45 blocks. How many building blocks did the shop receive in total?

55 blocks

450 blocks

405 blocks

350 blocks

9. Create your own word problem that involves multiplying by 10:

Answer to your problem: _________________

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