Multiplication Word Problems

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Sam. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Sam. If Sam has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12
• 6
• 21
• 24

Allison is reading a book with 99 pages.  She read 37 pages on Monday.  Then she read 42 pages on Tuesday.  How many pages does she still have to read?

• 178
• 79
• 20
• 62

Freddy lost 5 minutes of recess. Dominic lost 4 times more recess than Freddy. How much recess did Dominic lose?

• 5+4=9

• 5x4=20

• 5-4=1

Ms. Fuller was traveling to Austin, Texas. It took her 3 days of driving to get there. On Friday she drove 243 miles, on Saturday she drove 275 miles, and on Sunday she drove 167 miles. How many miles is it to Austin?

• 2,055

• 685

• 785

• 715

A teacher gave each of 7 students in a math group 4 multiplication and 5 division problems to solve before recess. If all of the students solved all of the problems, what is the total number of problems the students solved?

• 72
• 56
• 79
• 63

Ronnie needs 101 cupcakes for a birthday party. He already has 21 chocolate cupcakes and 33 vanilla cupcakes. How many more cupcakes should Ronnie buy?

• 155

• 54

• 47

• 68

Janet's mother gave her $76 to go to the store. Janet bought 2 loaves of bread and 4 cartons of orange juice. Each loaf of bread cost $5 and each carton of orange juice cost $3. How much money does Janet have left?

• 68

• 54

• 84

• 20

Vanessa was making 7 salads. She opened a can of olives and put 6 olives on each salad. Then she ate the rest of the olives in the can. If there were 51 olives to start with, how many olives did Vanessa eat?

• 9

• 64

• 13

• 38

Juan has $20 to spend. He spends $3 each day for 5 days. How much does Juan have left?

• $17
• $15
• $28
• $5

A teacher bought twelve packets of crayons. 7 of the packets had 9 crayons and the other 5 packets had 10 crayons How many crayons did the teacher buy in all?

• 113
• 50
• 63
• 120

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8