Division & Multiplication Word Problem Review

Sharon's Stationary Store has 219 boxes of cards. May's Market has 3 times as many boxes of cards. How many boxes, b, does May's market have?
Which operation would I use to solve this problem?

•  $\times$  

•  $-$  

•  $+$  

•  $\div$  

Gamal helped his dad clean the garage and attic over the weekend. They took eight 15-minute breaks. How many minutes, m, did they spend on breaks?

Which operation will I use to solve this problem?

• $+$

• $\times$

• $\div$

• $-$

Annie has a sticker album filled with 440 stickers. If there are 5 stickers on each page, how many pages are there in the album?

Which operation should I use to solve this equation?

• $+$

• $-$

• $\times$

• $\div$

A pencil factory has 144 pencils in a shipment. If they have 4 boxes to ship the pencils in, how many pencils will go in each box?

Which operation should you use to solve this?

• $+$

• $\div$

• $\times$

• $-$

The distance between two cities is 280 miles. A trucker drives back and forth 8 times while making 4 round trips. What is the total distance driven on these trips?

Which equation should you use to solve this problem?

• $280\ \div\ 4\ =\ d$

• $280\ \times\ 4\ =\ d$

• $280\ \times\ 8\ =\ d$

• $280\ \div\ 8\ =\ d$

An aquarium has 725 tropical and 588 freshwater fish. The total number of animals the aquarium has is 5 times as great as the total number of fish. How many animals does the aquarium have in all?

• 1,318 animals

• 3,665 animals

• 4,213 animals

• 6,565 animals

There are 5,072 flowers in a small flower shop. If there are 8 different refrigerators in their store, and each one has the same number of flowers, how many flowers are in each one?

• 634 flowers

• 578 flowers

• 621 flowers

• 596 flowers

Jasmine has a large collection of movies. If she has 35 different movies on 27 different shelves. How many movies does she have?

• 795 movies

• 565 movies

• 315 movies

• 945 movies

Mrs. Otto went to the store 29 times last month. She bought 36 pencils each time she went to the store. How many pencils did Mrs. Otto buy last month?

Which operation below should be used to solve this equation?

• $\times$

• $-$

• $\div$

• $+$

There are 96 erasers in each box. How many erasers are in 3 boxes?

Which operation should I use to solve it?

• $+$

• $-$

• $\times$

• $\div$