Looking for assignments in which students MUST use the standard way of solving multiplication and dividing? To discover the answer to the riddles on these two worksheets, students use each step in the procedure to reveal more of the riddle’s answer.

How can you tell if an elephant is in your bag of chips? This multiplication assignment reinforces the commutative property of multiplication to solve two digit by two digit multiplication.

How did the Giant find Jack? This long division assignment requires students to divide and “bring down” just one number at a time in order to solve the riddle.