Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Eli played 8 games. He scored 4 points in each game. How many points did he score in all?

• 8

• 12

• 32

• 48

Joe has 8 hens. Each hen laid the same number of eggs this week. Joe collected a total of 48 eggs. Which expression finds the number of eggs each hen laid?

• 48 × 8

• 48 + 8

• 48 ÷ 8

• 48 – 8

Sherri baked 64 cookies to share equally with 7 of her friends. How many cookies will Sherri and each of her friends receive?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 56

Jeff equally divided 50 colored pencils into 10 boxes. How many colored pencils did Jeff place in each box?

• 5

• 10

• 9

• 11

A number of students are sharing 24 doughnuts. If they each get 6 doughnuts, how many students are sharing the doughnuts?

• 6

• 4

• 30

• 18

Sasha works on homework for 2 hours each day after school. She has homework 4 days a week. How many hours a week does Sasha work on homework?

• 2

• 6

• 8

• 10

Lulu met 6 friends at the park. She brought 21 bottles of water for everyone, including herself, to drink. Everyone drank the same number of bottles of water. How many bottles did each person drink?

• 7

• 4

• 6

• 3

Monty has 10 bags of tennis balls. He has 5 balls in each bag. How many tennis balls does Monty have?

• 15

• 10

• 50

• 25

Anita has 4 bedrooms. She hung 9 pictures in each room. How many total pictures did Anita hang?

• 13

• 36

• 5

• 38

Gerry baked 72 gingerbread men. If he could fit 8 cookies on a sheet, how many cookie sheets did Gerry use?

• 64

• 9

• 80

• 9