Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Ms. Bran brought 4 evenly divided boxes of muffins to class. There are 36 muffins altogether. How many muffins are in each box?

• 40

• 32

• 9

• 12

An octopus has 8 legs. Kyle counted 5 octopi in the tank. How many legs are there in the tank?

• 40

• 45

• 3

• 32

Pookie’s Pet Store has 24 tropical fish. They keep 3 fish in each tank. How many fish tanks are there?

• 21

• 8

• 27

• 72

Peter Planter has 7 rows of pineapple plants with 8 plants in each row. How many pineapple plants does he have?

• 15

• 49

• 56

• 1

Sally divided her 48 spools of thread evenly into 6 boxes. How many spools of thread did she put in each box?

• 8

• 6

• 42

• 54

Uri and his family eat 2 loaves of bread a day. Each loaf has 6 slices. How many slices of bread do Uri and his family eat in 4 days?

• 24

• 48

• 12

• 8

Chris has 28 cactus plants. He keeps his cactus plants in 7 even rows. How many cactus plants are in each row?

• 196

• 35

• 4

• 21

Yolanda makes 3 sweaters a day. She sews 6 buttons onto each sweater she makes. How many buttons will she sew in 3 days?

• 12

• 9

• 54

• 18

There are 50 toes in the swimming pool. Each person has 10 toes. How many people are in the pool?

• 500

• 5

• 50

• 5000

Ivan scooped 16 scoops of ice cream evenly onto 8 cones. How many scoops of ice cream are on each cone?

• 8

• 3

• 24

• 2