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Collective nouns are words used to describe a group of things or individuals. Examples of collective nouns include “flock” of birds, “herd” of cattle, and “school” of fish. In English, there are many different types of collective nouns, each with its own unique meaning and usage. Collective nouns can be used to describe groups of people, animals, objects, and even abstract concepts. In this article, we will learn the list of collective nouns with their meanings.
List of Collective Nouns
Collective Nouns for People
Here is a list of some common collective nouns for groups of people in English:
- A team of players
- A cast of actors
- A committee of members
- A congregation of people
- A council of elders
- A crew of sailors
- A crowd of people
- A family of relatives
- A group of friends
- A panel of experts
- A parliament of politicians
- A troupe of dancers
- A squad of soldiers
- A class of students
- A company of actors
- A gang of workers
- A jury of peers
- A panel of judges
- A team of researchers
- A crew of pilots
- A band of musicians
- A delegation of ambassadors
- A flock of sheeple
- A society of people
- A mob of protesters
- A panel of interviewers
- A board of directors
- A squad of police
- A team of engineers
- A crew of firefighters
- A group of tourists
- A class of graduates
- A congregation of worshippers
- A council of leaders
- A group of co-workers
- A league of sportsmen
- A staff of employees
- A team of scientists
- A corps of volunteers
- A council of representatives
- A squad of security
- A roster of employees
- A panel of experts
- A group of activists
- A committee of organizers
- A team of consultants
- A class of pupils
- A group of participants
- A squad of firefighters
- A team of professionals
Collective Nouns for Animals
Here is a list of some common collective nouns for groups of animals in English:
- A herd of cattle
- A flock of birds
- A school of fish
- A pack of wolves
- A swarm of bees
- A pride of lions
- A gaggle of geese
- A colony of ants
- A pod of whales
- A litter of puppies
- A colony of bats
- A pack of dogs
- A swarm of locusts
- A herd of deer
- A flock of sheep
- A pack of coyotes
- A swarm of hornets
- A pride of peacocks
- A flock of chickens
- A pack of foxes
- A school of sharks
- A pod of dolphins
- A herd of elephants
- A flock of turkeys
- A pack of hyenas
- A swarm of mosquitoes
- A pride of cheetahs
- A flock of ducks
- A pack of raccoons
- A school of tuna
- A herd of bison
- A flock of pigeons
- A pack of jackals
- A swarm of flies
- A pride of lions
- A flock of swans
- A pack of mules
- A school of sardines
- A herd of moose
- A flock of seagulls
- A pack of wolves
- A swarm of bees
- A pride of panthers
- A flock of geese
- A pack of hounds
- A school of herring
- A herd of muskoxen
- A flock of ravens
- A pack of coyotes
- A swarm of termites
Collective Nouns for Things
Here is a list of some common collective nouns for groups of things in English:
- A bunch of grapes
- A library of books
- A fleet of ships
- A set of golf clubs
- A suite of rooms
- A battery of tests
- A bouquet of flowers
- A cloud of dust
- A collection of art
- A group of islands
- A forest of trees
- A host of angels
- A pack of cards
- A group of islands
- A set of tools
- A fleet of cars
- A pile of leaves
- A bunch of bananas
- A stack of papers
- A collection of coins
- A fleet of airplanes
- A set of dishes
- A bundle of sticks
- A bunch of keys
- A set of instructions
- A fleet of trucks
- A group of buildings
- A cluster of stars
- A set of utensils
- A collection of stamps
- A fleet of boats
- A set of encyclopedias
- A bundle of cloth
- A bunch of flowers
- A set of regulations
- A fleet of trains
- A group of statues
- A cluster of galaxies
- A set of furniture
- A collection of shells
- A fleet of buses
- A set of headphones
- A bundle of cables
- A bunch of balloons
- A set of rules
- A fleet of bikes
- A group of sculptures
- A cluster of crystals
- A set of musical instruments
- A collection of figurines
Common Collective Nouns
- Herd – A group of herbivore animals
- Pack – A group of canine animals such as wolves or dogs; also used to describe playing cards and packages containing multiple objects
- Flock – A group of birds; also used to discuss small hooved animals such as sheep or goats
- Swarm – A group of insects
- Shoal – A group of fish
- Group – A very general term used to describe people, places, things, and animals
- Crowd – Usually used to describe a group of people
- Gang – Usually used to describe a group of criminals; also used to describe a group of workers, particularly sailors or dock workers
- Mob – Normally used to describe an angry or unruly group of people; also used to describe a group of kangaroos
- Staff – A group of people who work in the same place
- Crew – Usually used to denote a group of workers; also used to describe aircraft and ships personnel
- Choir – A large, organized group of singers
- Orchestra – A large, organized group of instrumentalists, led by a conductor
- Panel – A group of experts
- Board – A group of people, usually professionals, who take on an advisory role
- Troupe – A group of actors or acrobats; also used to describe a group of monkeys
- Bunch – Usually a group of smallish objects such as grapes, flowers, keys, or bananas
- Pile – An untidy collection of items such as rubbish
- Heap – A mounded collection of items; used interchangeably with “pile”
- Set – A tidy group of matched objects such as dishes; also used to describe rules or a social group of people
- Stack – A group of items neatly laid one on top of another; i.e., a stack of books
- Series – Used to discuss movies, books, or events that follow one after another, i.e. Star Trek or Harry Potter
- Shower – Usually used to describe rain, although it can be used to describe gifts or compliments
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Collective Noun is a name used for a group of people, animals or objects that we group and we refer to as a whole unit that represents its parts.
Examples: a bunch of bananas, a litter of puppies, a flock of sheep, and others.
All these examples are seen as one unit, like a swarm of sheep, we don’t count the number of sheep, but we see as a whole that is a flock of sheep.
Collective Nouns if considered as a whole unit, then the verb used is singular. If it is seen separately from each member, it is no longer considered as a whole unit, then the verb used is plural. Consider the following brief example to clarify understanding of the relationship of Collective Nouns with Singular and Plural verbs:
- The family is planning an overseas trip. (In this sentence, the family word is considered as a whole unit, so the verb used is a singular verb is.)
- The family are discussing about the plan. (In this sentence, the family is used to represent the words of the family members, for that, the family word is no longer considered as a whole unit, but rather the involvement of its members in the discussion.)
You may also read: Types of Nouns
There are many kinds of Collective Nouns. Most Collective Nouns use certain terms and are different in grouping units.
For example, a swarm of fish and a swarm of sheep, although both use the word a bunch, but the English version is different, namely: a school of fish (a bunch of fish), and a herd of sheep (a bunch of sheep).
To enrich the Collective Noun collection, see the following examples of collective Nouns.
Kinds of Collective Nouns
There are 2 kinds of Collective Noun, namely :
1. Collective Nouns that use prepositions as groupings
1. Collective Nouns that use prepositions as groupings, such as a flock of , a herd of , etc. that can be classified as people, things, and creatures:
i. Collective Nouns of People
- an army of soldiers
- a bevy of beauties / girls
- a band of musicians
- a band of robbers
- a board of directors
- a body of downloading
- a bunch of crooks
- a caravan of gypsies
- a choir of singers
- a class of pupils
- a class of students
- a company of actors
- a company of soldiers, and
- a congregation of worshipers
- a crew of sailors
- a crowd of Spectators
- a crowd of people
- a dynasty of kings
- a galaxy of beautiful women
- a galaxy of movie stars
- a gang of crooks
- a gang of laborers
- a gang of prisoners,
- a gang of robbers
- a gang of thieves
- a group of dancers
- a group of singers
- a horde of savages
- a host of angels
- a line of kings / rulers
- a mob of rioters
- a pack of Rascals
- a pack of thieves
- a party of friends
- a patrol of policemen
- a posse of policemen
- a regiment of soldiers,
- a staff of employees
- a staff of Servants
- a staff of teachers
- a team of players
- a tribe of natives
- a troop of scouts
- a group of artists
- a group of performers
- a party of friends
ii. Collective Nouns for Things
- an album of autographs and
- an album of photographs
- an album of stamps
- an anthology of poems
- an archipelago of islands
- a bale of cotton
- a bale of wool
- a basket of fruit
- a batch of bread
- a battery of guns
- a block of flats
- a book of exercises
- a book of notes
- a bouquet of flowers
- a bowl of rice
- a bunch of bananas
- a bunch of flowers
- a bunch of grapes
- a bunch of keys
- a bundle of rags / old clothes
- a bundle of firewood / sticks
- a bundle of hay
- a catalog of prices / goods
- a chain of events
- a chain of mountains
- a chest of drawers
- a cloud of dust
- a Clump of bushes
- a Clump of trees
- a cluster of coconuts
- a cluster of diamonds
- is a cluster of grapes
- a cluster of stars
- a clutch of eggs
- a collection of coins
- a collection of curiosities of
- a collection of pictures
- a collection of relics
- a collection of stamps
- a column of smoke
- a comb of bananas
- a compendium of games
- a constellation of stars
- is a cluster of diamonds
- is a cluster of stars
- a clutch of eggs
- a crate of fruit
- a crop of apples
- a fall of rain
- a fall of snow
- a fleet of motor-cars / taxis
- a fleet of ships
- a flight of airplanes
- a flight of steps
- a forest of trees
- a galaxy of stars
- a garland of flowers
- a glossary of difficult, words / phrases
- a group of islands
- a grove of trees
- a hail of bullets
- a hand of bananas ( each a finger)
- a harvest of wheat / corn
- a heap of rubbish
- a heap of ruins
- a hedge of bushes
- a heap of stones
- a layer of soil / dirt
- a library of books
- a line of cars
- a list of names
- a mass of ruins / hair
- a necklace of pearls
- an outfit of clothes
- an orchard of fruit trees
- a pack of cards
- a pack of lies
- a packet of cigarettes
- a packet of letters
- a pair of shoes
- a pencil of rays and
- a quiver of arrows
- a range of hills
- a range of mountains
- a ream of paper
- a reel of thread / film
- a roll of film / cloth
- a rope of pearls
- a row of houses
- a series of events
- a set of china
- a set of clubs,
- a set of tools
- a Sheaf of arrows
- a Sheaf of corn
- a Sheaf of grain
- a Sheaf of papers
- a Sheaf of wheat
- a shower of blows
- a shower of rain
- a stack of arms
- a stack of corn
- a stack of hay
- a stack of timber
- a stack of wood
- a stock of goods
- a stock of wood
- a string of beads
- a string of pearls
- a suit of clothes
- a suite of furniture
- a suite of rooms
- a tuft of grass
- a tuft of hair
- a wad of currency / notes
- a wreath of flowers
iii. Collective Nouns of Animals / Creatures
- an army of ants
- a bevy of quail
- a brood/flock of chicks /chickens
- a catch of fish
- a cloud of flies
- a cloud of insects
- a cloud of Locusts
- a colony of gulls
- a drove of cattle
- a drove of horses
- a flight of birds
- a flight of doves
- a flight of Locusts
- a flight of swallows
- a flock of birds
- a flock of geese
- a flock of sheep
- a flock of chickens
- a gaggle of geese
- a haul of fish
- a herd of buffaloes
- a herd of cattle
- a herd of deer
- a herd of elephants
- a herd of goats
- a herd of swine
- a hive of bees
- a host of sparrows
- a kindle of kittens
- a litter of cubs
- a litter of piglets
- a litter of kittens
- a litter of puppies
- a menagerie of wild animals
- a muster of peacocks
- a nest of ants
- a nest of mice
- a nest of rabbits
- a pack of hounds
- a pack of wolves
- a plague of insects
- a plague of Locusts
- a pride of lions
- a school of Herrings / other small fish
- a school of porpoises
- a school of whales
- a shoal of fish
- a skein of wild geese in flight
- a string of horses
- a stud of horses
- a swarm of ants
- a swarm of bees
- A swarm of insects
- a swarm of locusts
- a team of oxen
- a train of camels
- a tribe of goats
- a troop of lions
- a troop of monkeys
- a zoo of wild animals
2. Collective Nouns that only use one word
2. Collective Nouns that only use one word but can represent members as a whole unit.
- corporation’s army
- audience
- board
- cabinet
- class
- committee
- company
- council
- department
- faculty
- family
- firm jury majority
- group
- minority
- navy
- public
- school
- senate
- society
- team
- troupe
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
Complete sets of things that you can not do without, including shoes and socks, put in a separate pile.
Полные комплекты вещей, без которых не обойтись, включая обувь и носки, сложите в отдельную стопку.
Machine embroidery allows you to quickly produce sets of things with the same design.
Машинная вышивка позволяет быстро изготовить комплекты вещей с одинаковым дизайном.
Let us now consider in more detail and thoroughly, which sets of things and essential goods you will need to assemble.
Рассмотрим теперь более подробно и основательно, которые комплекты вещей и продуктов первой необходимости вам необходимо будет собрать.
A thing and an individual in time and space of rites and their material embodiments (the statuses of things, sets of things, dynamics means of recording and interpretation).
Вещь и индивид во времени и пространстве обрядов и их материальных следах (статусы вещей, наборы вещей, динамика, возможности фиксации и интерпретации).
Truth involves some sort of correspondence relation between words or thought-signs and sets of things. (1981, 49).
Истина подразумевает некоторый тип соответствия между словами или мыслительными знаками и внешними вещами и множествами вещей (стр. 49).
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I’m a programmer, and in my case students need to pick from a set of exams. They get to choose which ones but they must select at least 2 and at most 3.
I’ve been trying to find a way to refer to such exams. I’ve thought of:
- Elective Exams
- Opt-in Exams
Given English is not my mother tongue, I was wondering if there is a better way to name these type of exams.
PS: The title of the post is a bit strange, I just couldn’t explain this in another way.
asked Apr 2, 2012 at 12:52
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As far as I know they’re all called «electives» in English. Other languages, e.g. German, distinguish between
- mandatory elective (you have to choose n out of m, «Wahlpflichtfach»)
- voluntary elective (you are free to choose none, some or all, «Wahlfach»)
answered Apr 2, 2012 at 13:03
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A phrasing that may be of use to you in this context is elective requirements, conveying as it does that the choice of what exams to take is discretionary (elective), but there are minimum standards to be met (requirements).
answered Apr 2, 2012 at 14:21
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You wrote in your comment: It’s a term used in a really long document. Also, when building user interfaces I need to keep it compact. In headers it appears as «Requirements for [adj] exams», or another one «students will be better informed to choose the right exams from the [adj] exams».
How about referring to the exams as chosen if the students have already chosen, «Requirements for chosen exams»
And if they have not already chosen, you could say offered exams.
«Students will be better informed about choosing the right exams from those offered.»
I would hope the instructions make it very clear that they have to choose 2 or 3 of the offered exams.
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List of Nouns! Learn useful nouns list from A to Z with ESL infographics. Learn these common nouns examples to improve your English.
A noun is a word that functions as the name of some specific thing or set of things, such as living creatures, objects, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.
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List of Common Nouns in English
Here is the table of 185 commonly used nouns to improve your vocabulary in English:
Actor | Gold | Painting |
Advertisement | Grass | Parrot |
Afternoon | Greece | Pencil |
Airport | Guitar | Piano |
Ambulance | Hair | Pillow |
Animal | Hamburger | Pizza |
Answer | Helicopter | Planet |
Apple | Helmet | Plastic |
Army | Holiday | Portugal |
Australia | Honey | Potato |
Balloon | Horse | Queen |
Banana | Hospital | Quill |
Battery | House | Rain |
Beach | Hydrogen | Rainbow |
Beard | Ice | Raincoat |
Bed | Insect | Refrigerator |
Belgium | Insurance | Restaurant |
Boy | Iron | River |
Branch | Island | Rocket |
Breakfast | Jackal | Room |
Brother | Jelly | Rose |
Camera | Jewellery | Russia |
Candle | Jordan | Sandwich |
Car | Juice | School |
Caravan | Kangaroo | Scooter |
Carpet | King | Shampoo |
Cartoon | Kitchen | Shoe |
China | Kite | Soccer |
Church | Knife | Spoon |
Crayon | Lamp | Stone |
Crowd | Lawyer | Sugar |
Daughter | Leather | Sweden |
Death | Library | Teacher |
Denmark | Lighter | Telephone |
Diamond | Lion | Television |
Dinner | Lizard | Tent |
Disease | Lock | Thailand |
Doctor | London | Tomato |
Dog | Lunch | Toothbrush |
Dream | Machine | Traffic |
Dress | Magazine | Train |
Easter | Magician | Truck |
Egg | Manchester | Uganda |
Eggplant | Market | Umbrella |
Egypt | Match | Van |
Elephant | Microphone | Vase |
Energy | Monkey | Vegetable |
Engine | Morning | Vulture |
England | Motorcycle | Wall |
Evening | Nail | Whale |
Eye | Napkin | Window |
Family | Needle | Wire |
Finland | Nest | Xylophone |
Fish | Nigeria | Yacht |
Flag | Night | Yak |
Flower | Notebook | Zebra |
Football | Ocean | Zoo |
Forest | Oil | Garden |
Fountain | Orange | Gas |
France | Oxygen | Girl |
Furniture | Oyster | Glass |
Garage | Ghost |
Full List of Nouns (A-Z)
Nouns that Start with A
- Ability
- Abroad
- Abuse
- Access
- Accident
- Account
- Act
- Action
- Active
- Activity
- Actor
- Ad
- Addition
- Address
- Administration
- Adult
- Advance
- Advantage
- Advertising
- Advice
- Affair
- Affect
- Afternoon
- Age
- Agency
- Agent
- Agreement
- Air
- Airline
- Airport
- Alarm
- Alcohol
- Alternative
- Ambition
- Amount
- Analysis
- Analyst
- Anger
- Angle
- Animal
- Annual
- Answer
- Anxiety
- Anybody
- Anything
- Anywhere
- Apartment
- Appeal
- Appearance
- Apple
- Application
- Appointment
- Area
- Argument
- Arm
- Army
- Arrival
- Art
- Article
- Aside
- Ask
- Aspect
- Assignment
- Assist
- Assistance
- Assistant
- Associate
- Association
- Assumption
- Atmosphere
- Attack
- Attempt
- Attention
- Attitude
- Audience
- Author
- Average
- Award
- Awareness
Nouns that Start with B
- Baby
- Back
- Background
- Bad
- Bag
- Bake
- Balance
- Ball
- Band
- Bank
- Bar
- Base
- Baseball
- Basis
- Basket
- Bat
- Bath
- Bathroom
- Battle
- Beach
- Bear
- Beat
- Beautiful
- Bed
- Bedroom
- Beer
- Beginning
- Being
- Bell
- Belt
- Bench
- Bend
- Benefit
- Bet
- Beyond
- Bicycle
- Bid
- Big
- Bike
- Bill
- Bird
- Birth
- Birthday
- Bit
- Bite
- Bitter
- Black
- Blame
- Blank
- Blind
- Block
- Blood
- Blow
- Blue
- Board
- Boat
- Body
- Bone
- Bonus
- Book
- Boot
- Border
- Boss
- Bother
- Bottle
- Bottom
- Bowl
- Box
- Boy
- Boyfriend
- Brain
- Branch
- Brave
- Bread
- Break
- Breakfast
- Breast
- Breath
- Brick
- Bridge
- Brief
- Brilliant
- Broad
- Brother
- Brown
- Brush
- Buddy
- Budget
- Bug
- Building
- Bunch
- Burn
- Bus
- Business
- Button
- Buy
- Buyer
Nouns that Start with C
- Cabinet
- Cable
- Cake
- Calendar
- Call
- Calm
- Camera
- Camp
- Campaign
- Can
- Cancel
- Cancer
- Candidate
- Candle
- Candy
- Cap
- Capital
- Car
- Card
- Care
- Career
- Carpet
- Carry
- Case
- Cash
- Cat
- Catch
- Category
- Cause
- Celebration
- Cell
- Chain
- Chair
- Challenge
- Champion
- Championship
- Chance
- Change
- Channel
- Chapter
- Character
- Charge
- Charity
- Chart
- Check
- Cheek
- Chemical
- Chemistry
- Chest
- Chicken
- Child
- Childhood
- Chip
- Chocolate
- Choice
- Church
- Cigarette
- City
- Claim
- Class
- Classic
- Classroom
- Clerk
- Click
- Client
- Climate
- Clock
- Closet
- Clothes
- Cloud
- Club
- Clue
- Coach
- Coast
- Coat
- Code
- Coffee
- Cold
- Collar
- Collection
- College
- Combination
- Combine
- Comfort
- Comfortable
- Command
- Comment
- Commercial
- Commission
- Committee
- Common
- Communication
- Community
- Company
- Comparison
- Competition
- Complaint
- Complex
- Computer
- Concentrate
- Concept
- Concern
- Concert
- Conclusion
- Condition
- Conference
- Confidence
- Conflict
- Confusion
- Connection
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- Consideration
- Consist
- Constant
- Construction
- Contact
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- Contract
- Contribution
- Control
- Conversation
- Convert
- Cook
- Cookie
- Copy
- Corner
- Cost
- Count
- Counter
- Country
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- Couple
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- Cousin
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- Creative
- Credit
- Crew
- Criticism
- Cross
- Cry
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- Cup
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- Current
- Curve
- Customer
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Nouns that Start with D
- Dad
- Damage
- Dance
- Dare
- Dark
- Data
- Database
- Date
- Daughter
- Day
- Dead
- Deal
- Dealer
- Dear
- Death
- Debate
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- Deep
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- Degree
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- Demand
- Department
- Departure
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- Deposit
- Depression
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- Description
- Design
- Designer
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- Desk
- Detail
- Development
- Device
- Devil
- Diamond
- Diet
- Difference
- Difficulty
- Dig
- Dimension
- Dinner
- Direction
- Director
- Dirt
- Disaster
- Discipline
- Discount
- Discussion
- Disease
- Dish
- Disk
- Display
- Distance
- Distribution
- District
- Divide
- Doctor
- Document
- Dog
- Door
- Dot
- Double
- Doubt
- Draft
- Drag
- Drama
- Draw
- Drawer
- Drawing
- Dream
- Dress
- Drink
- Drive
- Driver
- Drop
- Drunk
- Due
- Dump
- Dust
- Duty
Nouns that Start with E
- Ear
- Earth
- Ease
- East
- Eat
- Economics
- Economy
- Edge
- Editor
- Education
- Effect
- Effective
- Efficiency
- Effort
- Egg
- Election
- Elevator
- Emergency
- Emotion
- Emphasis
- Employ
- Employee
- Employer
- Employment
- End
- Energy
- Engine
- Engineer
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Enthusiasm
- Entrance
- Entry
- Environment
- Equal
- Equipment
- Equivalent
- Error
- Escape
- Essay
- Establishment
- Estate
- Estimate
- Evening
- Event
- Evidence
- Exam
- Examination
- Example
- Exchange
- Excitement
- Excuse
- Exercise
- Exit
- Experience
- Expert
- Explanation
- Expression
- Extension
- Extent
- External
- Extreme
- Eye
Nouns that Start with F
- Face
- Fact
- Factor
- Fail
- Failure
- Fall
- Familiar
- Family
- Fan
- Farm
- Farmer
- Fat
- Father
- Fault
- Fear
- Feature
- Fee
- Feed
- Feedback
- Feel
- Feeling
- Female
- Few
- Field
- Fight
- Figure
- File
- Fill
- Film
- Final
- Finance
- Finding
- Finger
- Finish
- Fire
- Fish
- Fishing
- Fix
- Flight
- Floor
- Flow
- Flower
- Fly
- Focus
- Fold
- Following
- Food
- Foot
- Football
- Force
- Forever
- Form
- Formal
- Fortune
- Foundation
- Frame
- Freedom
- Friend
- Friendship
- Front
- Fruit
- Fuel
- Fun
- Function
- Funeral
- Funny
- Future
Nouns that Start with G
- Gain
- Game
- Gap
- Garage
- Garbage
- Garden
- Gas
- Gate
- Gather
- Gear
- Gene
- General
- Gift
- Girl
- Girlfriend
- Give
- Glad
- Glass
- Glove
- Go
- Goal
- God
- Gold
- Golf
- Good
- Government
- Grab
- Grade
- Grand
- Grandfather
- Grandmother
- Grass
- Great
- Green
- Grocery
- Ground
- Group
- Growth
- Guarantee
- Guard
- Guess
- Guest
- Guidance
- Guide
- Guitar
- Guy
Nouns that Start with H
- Habit
- Hair
- Half
- Hall
- Hand
- Handle
- Hang
- Harm
- Hat
- Hate
- Head
- Health
- Hearing
- Heart
- Heat
- Heavy
- Height
- Hell
- Hello
- Help
- Hide
- High
- Highlight
- Highway
- Hire
- Historian
- History
- Hit
- Hold
- Hole
- Holiday
- Home
- Homework
- Honey
- Hook
- Hope
- Horror
- Horse
- Hospital
- Host
- Hotel
- Hour
- House
- Housing
- Human
- Hunt
- Hurry
- Hurt
- Husband
Nouns that Start with I
- Ice
- Idea
- Ideal
- If
- Illegal
- Image
- Imagination
- Impact
- Implement
- Importance
- Impress
- Impression
- Improvement
- Incident
- Income
- Increase
- Independence
- Independent
- Indication
- Individual
- Industry
- Inevitable
- Inflation
- Influence
- Information
- Initial
- Initiative
- Injury
- Insect
- Inside
- Inspection
- Inspector
- Instance
- Instruction
- Insurance
- Intention
- Interaction
- Interest
- Internal
- International
- Internet
- Interview
- Introduction
- Investment
- Invite
- Iron
- Island
- Issue
- It
- Item
Nouns that Start with J
- Jacket
- Job
- Join
- Joint
- Joke
- Judge
- Judgment
- Juice
- Jump
- Junior
- Jury
Nouns that Start with K
- Keep
- Key
- Kick
- Kid
- Kill
- Kind
- King
- Kiss
- Kitchen
- Knee
- Knife
- Knowledge
Nouns that Start with L
- Lab
- Lack
- Ladder
- Lady
- Lake
- Land
- Landscape
- Language
- Laugh
- Law
- Lawyer
- Lay
- Layer
- Lead
- Leader
- Leadership
- Leading
- League
- Leather
- Leave
- Lecture
- Leg
- Length
- Lesson
- Let
- Letter
- Level
- Library
- Lie
- Life
- Lift
- Light
- Limit
- Line
- Link
- Lip
- List
- Listen
- Literature
- Living
- Load
- Loan
- Local
- Location
- Lock
- Log
- Long
- Look
- Loss
- Love
- Low
- Luck
- Lunch
Nouns that Start with M
- Machine
- Magazine
- Main
- Maintenance
- Major
- Make
- Male
- Mall
- Man
- Management
- Manager
- Manner
- Manufacturer
- Many
- Map
- March
- Mark
- Market
- Marketing
- Marriage
- Master
- Match
- Mate
- Material
- Math
- Matter
- Maximum
- Maybe
- Meal
- Meaning
- Measurement
- Meat
- Media
- Medicine
- Medium
- Meet
- Meeting
- Member
- Membership
- Memory
- Mention
- Menu
- Mess
- Message
- Metal
- Method
- Middle
- Midnight
- Might
- Milk
- Mind
- Mine
- Minimum
- Minor
- Minute
- Mirror
- Miss
- Mission
- Mistake
- Mix
- Mixture
- Mobile
- Mode
- Model
- Mom
- Moment
- Money
- Monitor
- Month
- Mood
- Morning
- Mortgage
- Most
- Mother
- Motor
- Mountain
- Mouse
- Mouth
- Move
- Movie
- Mud
- Muscle
- Music
Nouns that Start with N
- Nail
- Name
- Nasty
- Nation
- National
- Native
- Natural
- Nature
- Neat
- Necessary
- Neck
- Negative
- Negotiation
- Nerve
- Net
- Network
- News
- Newspaper
- Night
- Nobody
- Noise
- Normal
- North
- Nose
- Note
- Nothing
- Notice
- Novel
- Number
- Nurse
Nouns that Start with O
- Object
- Objective
- Obligation
- Occasion
- Offer
- Office
- Officer
- Official
- Oil
- One
- Opening
- Operation
- Opinion
- Opportunity
- Opposite
- Option
- Orange
- Order
- Ordinary
- Organization
- Original
- Other
- Outcome
- Outside
- Oven
- Owner
Nouns that Start with P
- Pace
- Pack
- Package
- Page
- Pain
- Paint
- Painting
- Pair
- Panic
- Paper
- Parent
- Park
- Parking
- Part
- Particular
- Partner
- Party
- Pass
- Passage
- Passenger
- Passion
- Past
- Path
- Patience
- Patient
- Pattern
- Pause
- Pay
- Payment
- Peace
- Peak
- Pen
- Penalty
- Pension
- People
- Percentage
- Perception
- Performance
- Period
- Permission
- Permit
- Person
- Personal
- Personality
- Perspective
- Phase
- Philosophy
- Phone
- Photo
- Phrase
- Physical
- Physics
- Piano
- Pick
- Picture
- Pie
- Piece
- Pin
- Pipe
- Pitch
- Pizza
- Place
- Plan
- Plane
- Plant
- Plastic
- Plate
- Platform
- Play
- Player
- Pleasure
- Plenty
- Poem
- Poet
- Poetry
- Point
- Police
- Policy
- Politics
- Pollution
- Pool
- Pop
- Population
- Position
- Positive
- Possession
- Possibility
- Possible
- Post
- Pot
- Potato
- Potential
- Pound
- Power
- Practice
- Preference
- Preparation
- Presence
- Present
- Presentation
- President
- Press
- Pressure
- Price
- Pride
- Priest
- Primary
- Principle
- Prior
- Priority
- Private
- Prize
- Problem
- Procedure
- Process
- Produce
- Product
- Profession
- Professional
- Professor
- Profile
- Profit
- Program
- Progress
- Project
- Promise
- Promotion
- Prompt
- Proof
- Property
- Proposal
- Protection
- Psychology
- Public
- Pull
- Punch
- Purchase
- Purple
- Purpose
- Push
- Put
Nouns that Start with Q
- Quality
- Quantity
- Quarter
- Queen
- Question
- Quiet
- Quit
- Quote
Nouns that Start with R
- Race
- Radio
- Rain
- Raise
- Range
- Rate
- Ratio
- Raw
- Reach
- Reaction
- Read
- Reading
- Reality
- Reason
- Reception
- Recipe
- Recognition
- Recommendation
- Record
- Recording
- Recover
- Red
- Reference
- Reflection
- Refrigerator
- Refuse
- Region
- Register
- Regret
- Regular
- Relation
- Relationship
- Relative
- Release
- Relief
- Remote
- Remove
- Rent
- Repair
- Repeat
- Replacement
- Reply
- Report
- Representative
- Republic
- Reputation
- Request
- Requirement
- Research
- Reserve
- Resident
- Resist
- Resolution
- Resolve
- Resort
- Resource
- Respect
- Respond
- Response
- Responsibility
- Rest
- Restaurant
- Result
- Return
- Reveal
- Revenue
- Review
- Revolution
- Reward
- Rice
- Rich
- Ride
- Ring
- Rip
- Rise
- Risk
- River
- Road
- Rock
- Role
- Roll
- Roof
- Room
- Rope
- Rough
- Round
- Routine
- Row
- Royal
- Rub
- Ruin
- Rule
- Run
- Rush
Nouns that Start with S
- Sad
- Safe
- Safety
- Sail
- Salad
- Salary
- Sale
- Salt
- Sample
- Sand
- Sandwich
- Satisfaction
- Save
- Savings
- Scale
- Scene
- Schedule
- Scheme
- School
- Science
- Score
- Scratch
- Screen
- Screw
- Script
- Sea
- Search
- Season
- Seat
- Second
- Secret
- Secretary
- Section
- Sector
- Security
- Selection
- Self
- Sell
- Senior
- Sense
- Sensitive
- Sentence
- Series
- Serve
- Service
- Session
- Set
- Setting
- Sex
- Shake
- Shame
- Shape
- Share
- She
- Shelter
- Shift
- Shine
- Ship
- Shirt
- Shock
- Shoe
- Shoot
- Shop
- Shopping
- Shot
- Shoulder
- Show
- Shower
- Sick
- Side
- Sign
- Signal
- Signature
- Significance
- Silly
- Silver
- Simple
- Sing
- Singer
- Single
- Sink
- Sir
- Sister
- Site
- Situation
- Size
- Skill
- Skin
- Skirt
- Sky
- Sleep
- Slice
- Slide
- Slip
- Smell
- Smile
- Smoke
- Snow
- Society
- Sock
- Soft
- Software
- Soil
- Solid
- Solution
- Somewhere
- Son
- Song
- Sort
- Sound
- Soup
- Source
- South
- Space
- Spare
- Speaker
- Special
- Specialist
- Specific
- Speech
- Speed
- Spell
- Spend
- Spirit
- Spiritual
- Spite
- Split
- Sport
- Spot
- Spray
- Spread
- Spring
- Square
- Stable
- Staff
- Stage
- Stand
- Standard
- Star
- Start
- State
- Statement
- Station
- Status
- Stay
- Steak
- Steal
- Step
- Stick
- Still
- Stock
- Stomach
- Stop
- Storage
- Store
- Storm
- Story
- Strain
- Stranger
- Strategy
- Street
- Strength
- Stress
- Stretch
- Strike
- String
- Strip
- Stroke
- Structure
- Struggle
- Student
- Studio
- Study
- Stuff
- Stupid
- Style
- Subject
- Substance
- Success
- Suck
- Sugar
- Suggestion
- Suit
- Summer
- Sun
- Supermarket
- Support
- Surgery
- Surprise
- Surround
- Survey
- Suspect
- Sweet
- Swim
- Swimming
- Swing
- Switch
- Sympathy
- System
Nouns that Start with T
- Table
- Tackle
- Tale
- Talk
- Tank
- Tap
- Target
- Task
- Taste
- Tax
- Tea
- Teach
- Teacher
- Teaching
- Team
- Tear
- Technology
- Telephone
- Television
- Tell
- Temperature
- Temporary
- Tennis
- Tension
- Term
- Test
- Text
- Thanks
- Theme
- Theory
- Thing
- Thought
- Throat
- Ticket
- Tie
- Till
- Time
- Tip
- Title
- Today
- Toe
- Tomorrow
- Tone
- Tongue
- Tonight
- Tool
- Tooth
- Top
- Topic
- Total
- Touch
- Tough
- Tour
- Tourist
- Towel
- Tower
- Town
- Track
- Trade
- Tradition
- Traffic
- Train
- Trainer
- Training
- Transition
- Transportation
- Trash
- Travel
- Treat
- Tree
- Trick
- Trip
- Trouble
- Truck
- Trust
- Truth
- Try
- Tune
- Turn
- Twist
- Two
- Type
Nouns that Start with U
- Uncle
- Understanding
- Union
- Unique
- Unit
- University
- Upper
- Upstairs
- Use
- User
- Usual
Nouns that Start with V
- Vacation
- Valuable
- Value
- Variation
- Variety
- Vast
- Vegetable
- Vehicle
- Version
- Video
- View
- Village
- Virus
- Visit
- Visual
- Voice
- Volume
Nouns that Start with W
- Wait
- Wake
- Walk
- Wall
- War
- Warning
- Wash
- Watch
- Water
- Wave
- Way
- Weakness
- Wealth
- Wear
- Weather
- Web
- Wedding
- Week
- Weekend
- Weight
- Weird
- Welcome
- West
- Western
- Wheel
- Whereas
- While
- White
- Whole
- Wife
- Will
- Win
- Wind
- Window
- Wine
- Wing
- Winner
- Winter
- Wish
- Witness
- Woman
- Wonder
- Wood
- Word
- Work
- Worker
- Working
- World
- Worry
- Worth
- Wrap
- Writer
- Writing
Nouns that Start with Y
- Yard
- Year
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- You
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- Zone
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Are you good at solving word problems? Solving word problems is a very important part of mathematics because with them you understand and practice what you have learned to do (adding, subtracting, multiplying…)
Today we are going to look at multiplication word problems: how we recognize them, what to do to solve them…all of which we will look at in this post.
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Multiplication word problems: Repetition
This is the first type of multiplication word problem that one learns how to do. For example:
Anna has 5 egg cartons. Each carton has 12 eggs. How many eggs does she have in total?
We find:
- A number of sets: Anna has 5 egg cartons.
- The number of things that there are in each set: Each carton has 12 eggs.
- The question about the total number of things there are: How many eggs does she have in total?
To solve this word problem, we ought to think: if there are 12 eggs in each carton and Anna has 5 cartons, in order to know how many eggs there are in total, we will add 12 + 12 + 12+ 12+ 12, or, what ends up being the same: we will multiply 5 x 12: In total, Anna has 60 eggs.
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Multiplication word problems: One-step comparisons
In this type of multiplication word problem, one quantity is compared with another quantity that is bigger or smaller:
In order to buy their father’s gift, John has put in $10 and Patricia has put in 3 times as much money as John. How much money has Patricia put in?
We find:
- A number that expresses one quantity: John has put in $10.
- A number that expresses the comparison between the second quantity and the first: Patricia has put in 3 times as much money as John.
- The question about the second quantity: How much money has Patricia put in?
In order to solve this word problem, we ought to think: if Patricia has put in 3 times as much money as Juan, that she has put in triple the amount of money, we will multiply 10 x 3. Patricia has put in $30.
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Multiplication word problems: One-step formulas
In this type of multiplication word problem, formulas will appear to us, for example, a speed formula:
Justin is a bus driver. He told me that if he didn’t make any stops and always maintained the same speed of 80 miles per hour, he would complete his route in exactly 2 hours. How many miles is his route?
We find:
- A speed: If he maintained a speed of 80 miles per hour…
- A time: He would arrive in 2 hours.
- A question about distance: How many milles is his route?
In order to solve this word problem, we ought to think: if he maintains a speed of 80 miles per hour, it will mean that each hour he drives he covers 80 miles. We also know that he drives at this speed for 2 hours. Therefore, in order to know the number of miles he covers in total, we will have to multiply 80 x 2: His route is 160 miles.
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Multiplication word problems: Combination or Cartesian product
In this type of multiplication word problem, we will find two or more sets of things or people. These sets ought to be combined among themselves, forming all possible pairs:
Today we went to eat at an Italian restaurant which specializes in pasta. It was difficult for me to decide which dish to order since there were 9 types of pasta and 11 types of sauce on the menu and you could combine any pasta with any sauce. How many different pasta and sauce combinations could you choose from?
We find:
- The number of elements that the first set has: 9 types of pasta.
- The number of elements that the second set has: 11 types of sauce.
- The question, which refers to the number of possible combinations between the sets: From how many different pasta and sauce combinations could you choose?
In order to solve the word problem, we ought to think: we could combine each type of pasta with 11 available types of sauce. Therefore, with just the first type of pasta, we can get 11 different dishes. Combining the second type of pasta with each of the 11 sauces, we could get 11 more dishes. That is, for each of the 9 types of pasta, we will get 11 different sauce combinations. Thus, in order to find out the number of possible dishes, we will multiply 9 x 11: You could choose from 99 different pasta dishes.
These are the 4 principal models for multiplication word problems. At Smartick we have a lot of these types of word problems and more. If you want to practice them, register now!
And that is all for today. What did you think of this post? Has it helped you to better understand multiplication word problems? If you like it, share it with your friends so that they can also learn.
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