Multiplication and Division Word Problems

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?

• 6
• 24
• 7
• 25

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 

• 15
• 19
• 17,100
• 600

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Tim bought 405 crayons that came in packs of 15. How many packs of crayons did Tim buy? 

• 6,075
• 27
• 25
• 420

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.B.6

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

I bought 245 packs of baseball cards.  Each pack has 16 cards in it.  How many total cards did I buy?

• 261
• 229
• 3920
• 4920

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

Ms. Kahley bought 4 bags of candy.

Each bag had 80 pieces.

How many pieces of candy are there in all?

• 300 pieces

• 84 pieces

• 320 pieces

• 300 pieces

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.C.7

A farmer has 26 employees. He pays each employee $410 per week. After paying his workers for one week, he has $162 left. How much did the farmer have at first?

• $162
• $572
• At first the farmer had $3,280.
• At first the farmer had $10,822.

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CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

 A box of chalk contains 8 pieces of chalk. If Ms. Daye buys three boxes, how many pieces of chalk does she buy?

• 11
• 24
• 32
• 2

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CCSS.3.OA.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.3