Multiplication / Division Word Problems

Peyton wants to earn money to buy a new pair of shoes. She needs to save $40. She earns $5 a day for taking out the trash. How many days will she need to take out the trash in order to save enough money to buy her new shoes?

1. Erin went to Target and bought 7 candy bars. Each candy bar cost $2. How much money did she spend?

Cameron and his 4 friends all went to Sky Zone on Friday. Tickets cost $10 per person. How much money was spent in buying tickets?

Abby was eating a fruit roll up at lunch. It was 20 inches in length! If she could only eat 2 inches at a time, how many pieces would she have to eat?

A cupcake costs $2. A piece of cookie cake costs 5 times the cost of a cupcake. How much does one piece of cookie cake cost?

1. Mrs. Richardson was giving out house points to friends in the cafeteria. She wanted to give the same amount to each friend.

   • -There were 4 friends in the cafeteria

   • - She gave out a total of 20 house points

How many house points did each friend receive?

Katelynn bought 10 bags of jelly beans from Walmart. Each bag had 7 jelly beans inside it. How many jelly beans did she buy?

Show the number 379 in base ten formation. Draw a picture to support your thinking. Label your place value positions.

Solve:  921
        -  138

  (a)   hundreds + 8 tens + 7 ones = 987