Multiplying and Dividing Word Problems

Word Problems

Work through the problems to find the solutions !

Open Ended

18 people said they wanted to do learn to dance. The teacher said they must dance in groups, but no one must be left out. How many different types of groups can they make?

Open Ended

Yesterday I put some Star Wars Action Figures in groups with the same number in each group. I cannot remember the groups but I can remember that there were 12 action figures. What migh the groups have been?

Poll

There are 24 skittles in a pack. The teacher wants to share them equally among 6 students. How many skittles will each student get?

• 144 skittles

• 4 skittles

• 28 skittles

• 20 skittles

Multiple Choice

A farmer was working to get his field ready for planting. He plowed 967 rows on Monday, 398 on Tuesday. Wednesday the weather was fantastic and he was able to plow 9 times as many rows than he was on Monday and Tuesday combined. How many rows did he get plowed on Wednesday?

• 1,374 rows

• 1,365 rows

• 12,285 rows

Multiple Choice

On Owen's farm he had 576 cows. Silas's farm had 18 times the amount of cattle Owen's farm had. Silas sold 492 cows at the livestock sale last week. How many cows does Silas have now?

• 10,368 cows

• 9,876 cows

• 1,086 cows

Open Ended

You forget how many cows Silas has, but how would you write an expression to show how much Silas would make selling his cows for $985. Let c represent the number of cows Silas has.