Multiplication Word Problems

There is a bag of candy that costs $8. You buy 8 bags. Then you buy 6 cans of soda for $3 each. How much money do you spend?

• $24

• $48

• $64

• $82

Miss Giles is taking the school on a field trip. On Monday she has 987 students say they are coming. On Tuesday she finds out 236 more students will be coming. Each van holds 6 people. How many vans will she need to get every student to the field trip?

• 204

• 165

• 206

• 40

The Microsoft Software Company is trying to figure out how much money they need to pay all of their employees. They have 729 engineers, 8,082 mangers, and 1,392 programmers. Each employee gets $9. How much money do they need to pay all of their employees?

• 6,561

• 10,203

• 91,827

• 72,738

Joe has 24 apples. Bob has 7 times as many apples as Joe. They are combining their apples and putting them in bags of 8. How many bags do they have in all?

• 4

• 21

• 24

• 56

Roger has 732 bricks to build a wall. He buys 30 more bricks. He then uses 586 bricks. How many bricks does he have left?

• 556

• 176

• 1,348

• 146

Sally has 6452 raspberries. She wants to make 7 raspberry pies. Each pie uses 743 raspberries. BUT her brother comes in a takes 1,545 raspberries to make his own pies. Does Sally have enough raspberries to make her seven pies?

• Yes

• No

Lydia had 40 brownies. She got 112 more brownies. She decided to divide all of the brownies with three of her friends and herself. How many brownies will everyone get if they split them evenly?

• 10

• 28

• 38

• 51

Jake has 56 playing cards. Max has 4 times as many playing cards as Jake. If they are playing a game with 5 people, how many cards will each person get?

• 280

• 56

• 10

• 12

Aksel has 25 marbles. The next day he orders 25 boxes of marbles. Each box has 130 marbles in it. Then he gives Braxton 2300 marbles. How many marbles does Aksel have left?

• 900

• 950

• 960

• 975

Bob has 3,972 candies and 3 friends to share them with. But he looses 1,000 candies. How many candies will each friend get in all?

• 99

• 990

• 1,324

• 132