Multiplication and Division and Story Problems

1.) Choose the equation that matches the problem. Nathan bought five 6-packs of orange soda on Friday. He drank 4 cans of soda throughout the weekend. How many sodas does Josh have left?

• a. 5 x 6 – 4 = 26

• b. 5 + 6 – 4 = 7

• c. 5 + 6 + 4 = 15

• d. 5 x 6 x 4 = 120

2.) There are 21 students in a Mrs. Nelson's class. She wants to put their desks together in groups of 5 students. How will she group them?

• a. 4 groups with 1 student left over

• b. 5 groups with 1 student left over

• c. 4 groups

• c. 4 groups

What is the rule for the following pattern, and what is the missing number? 86, 79, 72, _____, 58, 51

• d. subtract 7; 65

• c. add 7; 79

• d. subtract 7; 63

Mrs. Ivey was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket.

If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 2

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Joey had 18 pieces of candy to eat. If he was going to eat the same amount each day for three days, how much would he eat in one day?

• 12

• 6

• 8

• 10

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

• 293

• 1

• 294

• 469

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A school cafeteria served 2,317 students during 6 lunch periods. About how many students are in each lunch period?

• 400

• 500

• 24

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

• $4,440
• $4,432
• $3,810
• $4,810

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A fourth grade class has 22 students. Each box of crayons has 24 colors. If each student brings 2 boxes crayons for school supplies, how many crayons is that in all?

• 1056
• 1048
• 1156
• 1088

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8