Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Heather has 18 photographs of rockets.

She wants to hang them on 3 different

walls in her room. Each wall will have the

same number of photographs. How many

photographs will hang on each wall?

• 6

• 13

• 15

• 3

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There are 24 people who want to play

volleyball. The coach divides the players

into teams of 6. How many teams can

she make?

• 3

• 18

• 30

• 4

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At an art show, there are 7 groups of

paintings with 6 paintings in each group.

How many paintings are there in all?

• 42

• 13

• 1

• 76

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A parking lot has 6 rows of parking spaces.

There are 5 spaces in each row. How many

parking spaces are in the lot?

• 11

• 65

• 56

• 30

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Jack has 36 toy robots. He wants to display

9 on each shelf in his room. How many

shelves will Jack need to display all of the

robots?

• 27

• 45

• 4

• 11

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There are 24 dancers. The teacher has

them stand in 3 equal rows. How many

dancers are in each row?

• 27

• 4

• 21

• 3

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Susan had 20 pieces of candy.  She was going to share them equally with herself and 3 friends. How many pieces will each person get?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

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Emily is putting away plates. She puts 6

plates each in 3 stacks. How many plates

does she put away?

• 18

• 9

• 3

• 36

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Ethan wants to check the division problem below. 6 ÷ 3 = 2. Which number sentence represents the inverse operation he can use?

• 3 + 3 = 6

• 6 - 3 = 3

• 2 x 3 = 6

• 3 + 2 = 6

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Amy and her mom went to the store to get Halloween candy. Each bag of candy cost $2. They bought 6 bags of candy. How much did they spend on all of the candy they bought?

• $8

• $12

• $6

• $4

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