Word Problems - Which One, Multiplication or Division?

Mrs. Trantham challenged her 29 students to read for 45 minutes. If all the students took the challenge, what is the total number of minutes the class read?

• Multiplication

• Division

Pineville Elementary PTA purchased 15 soccer balls that cost $28 each. How much did the PTA spend on the soccer balls?

• Division

• Multiplication

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mark had a jar containing 430 skittles. For his upcoming birthday party, Mark split the candy equally among nine treat bags for his guests. How many skittles did Mark put in each treat bag?

• ÷

• X

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Mr. Ming used 783 bricks to build a wall. The wall was 9 brick rows high. How many bricks were in each row of the wall?

• ×

• ÷

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

Mr. Guerrero cooked 105 pounds of shrimp for the Fish Fry Fest. He served the shrimp that cooked. If Mr. Guerrero served each person 3 pounds of shrimp, how many people ate shrimp?

• Multiply the shrimp he cooked by the 3 pounds per guest

• Divide the cooked shrimp by the 3 pounds per guest

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The auditorium had 416 seats that were grouped quality into 4 different sections. How many seats were in each section of the auditorium?

• Find the product of 416 and 4

• Find the quotient of 416 and 4

The student council collected 2,712 cans of food from six classroom during a food drive. Each classroom donated the same number of cans. How many cans of food did each classroom collect?

• Divide

• Multiply

• Subtract

• Bring Down

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.4

The bank ordered 15 boxes of computer paper. Each box contained 12 packages of paper. How many packages of paper did the bank order?

• Divide

• Multiply

• Subtract

• Bring Down

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mrs. Brown spent $3,864 to buy two new ipads for the computer lab. If each ipad cost the same amount, what was the price of one new ipad?

• $3,864 multiplied by one

• $3,864 multiplied by two

• $3,864 divided by two

• $3,864 divided by one

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

The North Forney High School band lined up to march in the holiday parade. The band members lined up in 30 rows with 15 people in each row. How many members were in the marching band?

• The sum of 30 and 15

• 15 ÷ 30

• 30 ÷ 15

• 15 x 30

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7