Multiplication & Division Word Problems

Susan had 20 pieces of candy. She was going to share them equally with herself and 3 friends. How many pieces will each person get?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 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

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How much change should she get back? 

• $58
• $24
• $26
• $15

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,344 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

• 293

• 1

• 294

• 469

Mackenzie has 8 markers. Ty has three times as many. If they combine their markers, how many do they have? 

• 32
• 24
• 18
• 38

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

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.

The answer to a division question is called . . . 

• Divisor

• Multiplier

• Quotient

• Sum

What do you call the answer to a multiplication problem?

• product

• multiply

• tree diagram

• equal groups

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

• 19

• 20

• 6