Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Sam has 27 flowers. If she shares them among 3 friends, how many flowers does each friend get?

• 9 flowers

• 30 flowers

• 24 flowers

• 3 flowers

There are 2 hamburgers in a box. If there are 8 boxes, how many hamburgers are there in all?

• 2 + 8 = 10

• 8 ÷ 2 = 4

• 2 x 8 = 16

• 8 - 2 = 6

Tyler has 18 pieces of candy corn. He is going to share his candy corn equally with 2 friends. How many candy corn will Tyler and his 2 friends get if he shares them equally? (*Hint: Make sure to include Tyler*)

• 18 - 2 = 16

• 18 ÷ 3 = 6

• 18 + 2 = 20

• 18 ÷ 2 = 9

Kim has 4 sheets of stickers. Each sheet has 8 stickers. How many total stickers does Kim have?

• 32 stickers

• 12 stickers

• 8 stickers

• 4 stickers

Joe had 25 trophies. He put an equal number of trophies on each of his 5 shelves. How many trophies were on each shelf?

• 5 trophies

• 20 trophies

• 30 trophies

• 25 trophies

Mrs. Stump was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

• 5 muffins

• 32 muffins

• 4 muffins

• 7 muffins

There are 42 campers equally sharing 7 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

• 42 campers

• 6 campers

• 7 campers

• 49 campers

Brooke has a bookcase in her room. The bookcase has 5 shelves. On each shelf there are 8 books. How many total books are in the bookcase?

• 40 books

• 13 books

• 5 books

• 8 books

There is 1 spoon in each bowl. There are 33 bowls. How many bowls are there in total?

• 34 bowls

• 1 bowl

• 3 bowls

• 33 bowls

An aquarium has 4 shark tanks. Each tank has 5 sharks. How many sharks are there at the aquarium?

• 9 sharks

• 20 sharks

• 7 sharls

• 50 sharks