Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Multiple Choice

I bought 245 packs of baseball cards.  Each pack has 16 cards in it.  How many total cards did I buy?

• 261
• 229
• 3920
• 4920

Multiple Choice

An aquarium has 4 shark tanks. Each tank has 5 sharks. How many sharks are there at the aquarium?

• 9 sharks

• 20 sharks

• 7 sharls

• 50 sharks

Multiple Choice

There is 1 spoon in each bowl. There are 33 bowls. How many bowls are there in total?

• 34 bowls

• 1 bowl

• 3 bowls

• 33 bowls

Multiple Choice

Brooke has a bookcase in her room. The bookcase has 5 shelves. On each shelf there are 8 books. How many total books are in the bookcase?

• 40 books

• 13 books

• 5 books

• 8 books

Multiple Choice

There are 42 campers equally sharing 7 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

• 42 campers

• 6 campers

• 7 campers

• 49 campers

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Stump was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

• 5 muffins

• 32 muffins

• 4 muffins

• 7 muffins

Multiple Choice

Joe had 25 trophies. He put an equal number of trophies on each of his 5 shelves. How many trophies were on each shelf?

• 5 trophies

• 20 trophies

• 30 trophies

• 25 trophies

Multiple Choice

Kim has 4 sheets of stickers. Each sheet has 8 stickers. How many total stickers does Kim have?

• 32 stickers

• 12 stickers

• 8 stickers

• 4 stickers

Multiple Choice

Tyler has 18 pieces of candy corn. He is going to share his candy corn equally with 2 friends. How many candy corn will Tyler and his 2 friends get if he shares them equally? (*Hint: Make sure to include Tyler*)

• 18 - 2 = 16

• 18 ÷ 3 = 6

• 18 + 2 = 20

• 18 ÷ 2 = 9

Multiple Choice

There are 2 hamburgers in a box. If there are 8 boxes, how many hamburgers are there in all?

• 2 + 8 = 10

• 8 ÷ 2 = 4

• 2 x 8 = 16

• 8 - 2 = 6

Multiple Choice

Sam has 27 flowers. If she shares them among 3 friends, how many flowers does each friend get?

• 9 flowers

• 30 flowers

• 24 flowers

• 3 flowers

Multiple Choice

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How much change should she get back?

Which operations will be used to solve this problem?

• division and subtraction

• division and addition

• multiplication and subtraction

• multiplication and addition

Multiple Choice

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

Which operation would be used to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Choice

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?

Which operation would be used to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• division

• subtraction

• addition

Multiple Choice

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?

• 6
• 24
• 7
• 25

Multiple Choice

Marc drove 448 miles to go to see a basketball game. He drove for 8 hours.  What is the average number of miles Marc drove each hour? 

• 56
• 65
• 1045
• 20,216

Multiple Choice

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How much change should she get back? 

• $58
• $24
• $26
• $15

Multiple Choice

A fourth grade class has 22 students. Each box of crayons has 24 colors. If each student brings 2 boxes crayons for school supplies, how many crayons is that in all?

• 1056
• 1048
• 1156
• 1088

Multiple Choice

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

• $4,440
• $4,432
• $3,810
• $4,810

Multiple Choice

A school cafeteria served 2,317 students during 6 lunch periods. About how many students are in each lunch period?

• 400

• 500

• 24

Multiple Choice

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves and was putting the same amount of books on each shelf. How many books did not fit on a shelf?

• 5

• 1

• 8

• 2

Multiple Choice

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

• 293

• 1

• 294

• 469

Multiple Choice

Amy and her mom went to the store to get Halloween candy. Each bag of candy cost $2. They bought 6 bags of candy. How much did they spend on all of the candy they bought?

• $8

• $12

• $6

• $4

Multiple Choice

 Admission to the carnival costs 5 dollars. If a family of 5 people attends the carnival, how much must they pay for admission in all?

• 34
• 10
• 76
• 25

Multiple Choice

Each batch of blueberry muffins requires 2 cups of blueberries. If Lakisha has ten cups of blueberries, how many batches of muffins can she make?

• 5

• 12

• 20

• 5

Multiple Choice

The pet store has 14 tropical fish. They keep 2 fish in each tank. How many fish tanks are there?

• 14
• 16
• 7
• 5

Multiple Choice

Miss Skelton put her magnetic
letters in 5 separate bags to
keep them organized. If she
put 8 letters in each bag, how
many total letters does she
have to work with?

• 13
• 40
• 45
• 16

Multiple Choice

There are 10 students

in the class and there

are 40 stickers. If the

stickers are divided

equally among the

students, how many

does each student get?

• 50

• 5

• 4

• 14

Multiple Choice

There are 40 jelly

beans in Jim’s jar. If

the jelly beans are

organized into 8

groups, how big is

each group?

• 32

• 48

• 5

• 4

Multiple Choice

Susan had 15 pieces of candy. She was going to share them equally with herself and 3 friends. How many pieces will each person get?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

Joseph had 25 trophies.  He put an equal number of trophies on each of his 5 shelves. How many trophies were on each shelf?

• 6
• 4
• 5
• 7

Multiple Choice

Brittany bought three cups of coffee. Each cup cost 2 dollars. How much did she spend on coffee?

• 10 dollars

• 7 dollars

• 6 dollars

• 5 dollars

Multiple Choice

Two loaves of pumpkin bread cost a total of 12 dollars. How much did each loaf cost?

• 3 dollars

• 4 dollars

• 5 dollars

• 6 dollars

Multiple Choice

There were 25 bouncy balls in the bucket.

If they were shared among 5 friends, how many would each friend get?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 2

Multiple Choice

Frisco ran 4 laps in the backyard.

Jack ran twice as far as Frisco.

How far did Jack run?

• 6

• 8

• 4

• 2

Multiple Choice

Nine bicycles are in a bicycle rack.There are 2 wheels on each bicycle. How many wheels are there in all?

• 9 wheels

• 11 wheels

• 18 wheels

• 27 wheels

Multiple Choice

Dan bought 6 boxes of puzzles. There are 10 puzzles in each box. How many puzzles are there in all?

• 10 puzzles

• 50 puzzles

• 60 puzzles

• 70 puzzles

Multiple Choice

Morgan has 12 dolls. She put an equal number of dolls on 2 shelves. How many dolls did she put on each shelf?

• 2 dolls

• 6 dolls

• 10 dolls

• 12 dolls

Multiple Choice

There are 35 campers equally sharing 5 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

• 9

• 7

• 30

• 40

Multiple Choice

Eric bought 5 posters from a bookstore. Each poster cost $10. What was the total cost of the 5 posters?

• $50

• $15

• $5

• $2

Multiple Choice

Eric bought 5 posters from a bookstore. Each poster cost $10. What was the total cost of the 5 posters?

• $50

• $15

• $5

• $2

Multiple Choice

There were a total of 180 football games in the season. The season is played for 12 months. How many football games were played each month, if each month has the same number of games? 

• 2160
• 15
• 25
• 192

Multiple Choice

Sam has 60 red marbles. Sam has 12 times more red marbles than Nancy. How many red marbles does Nancy have? 

• 72
• 720
• 5
• 600

Multiple Choice

Alyssa earns $21 cleaning a home. How many homes did she clean, if she made 168 dollars? 

• 147
• 189
• 7
• 8

Multiple Choice

Tim bought 405 crayons that came in packs of 15. How many packs of crayons did Tim buy? 

• 6,075
• 27
• 25
• 420

Multiple Choice

Keith's shelves hold 11 books each. How many shelves will Keith need if Keith has 99 books? 

• 110
• 1089
• 9
• 12

Multiple Choice

Fred has 162 blue balloons. Fred has 27 times more blue balloons than Benny. How many blue balloons does Benny have? 

• 6
• 189
• 4274
• 4374

Multiple Choice

There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school?

• 15

• 19

• 17,100

• 600

Multiple Choice

There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 

• 15
• 19
• 17,100
• 600

Multiple Choice

Complete the missing number in this pattern.....

5, 8, 11, 14 , ___, ___

• 15, 18

• 16, 19

• 17, 20

• 17, 21

Multiple Choice

Complete the missing number in this pattern.....
5, 8, 11, 14 , ___, ___

• 15, 18
• 16, 19
• 17, 20
• 17, 21