Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Emily is a baker.  She bakes 24 loaves of bread, and places them into 4 bags.  How many loaves are in each bag?

• 48
• 60
• 6
• 4

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ann bought 4 boxes of pencils.  If there are 8 pencils in each box, how many pencils did she buy?

• 12
• 16
• 24
• 32

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.5

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 372 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches
• 36 inches
• 83 inches
• 93 inches

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Josefina's cat Whiskers, climbed into a tree and is afraid to get down. Her Dad climbed up a ladder to get Whiskers down. If he climbed up a ladder 15 steps, and each step is 32 centimeters, how far did he go?

• 192
• 480
• 160

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A vase can hold nine flowers. If a florist had 878 flowers to put equally into vases, how many full vases would she have?

• 98

• 97

• 102

• 887

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

At the carnival, nine friends bought two hundred fourteen tickets. If they wanted to split all the tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many tickets would each friend get?

• 23 tickets with 7 left over

• 35 tickets with 3 left over

• 7 tickets each

• 926 tickets

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Amy has 32 albums of photos on facebook. If each album has 42 pictures in it, how many pictures are there total?

• 122

• 1,344

• 1,122

• 1,340

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3