Solving Multiplication Story Problems

The discount store is having a big sale. Paper towels are two rolls for $1. Laundry detergent is $3 a box. If Serena buys two rolls of paper towels and two boxes of detergent, how much change will she get from a $20 bill?

• $13

• $12

• $7

• $8

Angel and Robert want to hike a trail that goes from Maine to Georgia. The trail is 2,050 miles long. If they hike 12 miles a day for 30 days, how many miles do they have left to hike?

• 1,690 miles

• 2,410 miles

• 360 miles

• 169 miles

If you sleep 7 hours every night, how many hours are you awake in a year?

• 6,205 hours

• 8,760 hours

• 5,840 hours

• 2,555 hours

George wants to buy a $200 bike by the end of the summer. He decides to do odd jobs to earn the money for the bike. He mows lawns, washes cars, and waxes cars. His rates are $10 for a mowed lawn, $8 for a washed car, and $4 for a waxed car. By the end of June, George has mowed 10 lawns, washed 8 cars, and waxed 6 cars.

How much more money does he need to buy the bike?

• $40

• $12

• $32

• $48

Mr. Duc asked Perry to set up 450 chairs in a large hall. Perry puts 20 chairs in each row. He has already set up 15 rows of chairs. How many more chairs must he set up?

• 300 more

• No more chairs are needed.

• 150 more

• 35 more

Mike was in charge of a special event at the community center. A company donated 50 cases of bottled water, with 12 bottles in each case. If 520 people took a water bottle, how many water bottles were left?

• 20 bottles

• 60 bottles

• 80 bottles

• 40 bottles

If your heart beats 65 times in one minute, how many times does it beat in a day?

• 1,440 times

• 93,600 times

• 3,900 times

• 1,560 times

Ernie bought three 12-packs of regular cola, four 12-packs of diet cola, and two 6-packs of orange soda. How many cans did he buy?

• 96 cans

• 9 cans

• 108 cans

• 48 cans

Kate sets a goal to walk 3 miles every day for a year. How many miles more or less than 1,000 miles will she walk in the year?

• 95 miles less

• 33 miles less

• 95 miles more

• 33 miles more

A tank holds 1,000 gallons of syrup. Danielle filled 65 5-gallon cans with syrup. How much syrup was left in the tank when she finished?

• 675 gallons

• 325 gallons

• 350 gallons

• 935 gallons