Basic Word Problems

Which  statement can be represented by the expression 8 x 9? 

• Jake makes 8 muffins. He gives away 9 muffins. 
• Aditi has 9 books and she reads 8 of them.
• Christian has 9 pencils and 8 erasers. 
• Veronica has 9 trays of cookies. Each tray has 8 cookies. 

At the toy store, there are 16 teddy bears. They are placed equally on 4 shelves. How many bears are on each shelf? 

• 12 bears
• 4 bears
• 8 bears
• 2 bears 

Giana has 21 stickers. She splits the stickers equally between herself and her 2 friends. How many stickers did each person get?  * How many people are sharing? *

• 3 stickers
• 7 stickers
• 12 stickers
• 5 stickers

Rishi bought three packs of 8 pencils. How many pencils does he have in all? 

• 29 pencils
• 30 pencils
• 24 pencils
• 28 pencils

Amy brought 20 erasers to school. She gave them to 4 friends. How many erasers did each friend get? 

• 10 erasers
• 5 erasers
• 16 erasers
• 8 erasers

Which expression represents the following number story? Bobby has 24 cookies and shares them with 8 friends. How many cookies does each friend get? 

• 24 ÷ ? = 8 
• 24 + 8 = ?
• 24 ÷ 8 =?
• 8 x ? = 24

There are 6 rows of chairs and 8 chairs in each row? How many chairs total? 

• 14 chairs
• 48 chairs
• 42 chairs
• 50 chairs

Nneya had 7 packs of paperclips. Each pack had 9 paperclips. Which equation will solve this problem?

• 7 x 9 
• 5 x 7
• 7 x 10
• 9 x 10

A girl invited 6 friends to go to the movies for her birthday. Each ticket cost $7. How much did it cost for all of them to go to the movies?

• $42
• $48
• $36
• $44

Peter brought in 32 cupcakes to celebrate his birthday with his class. If there were 8 people in his class, how many cupcakes could each person have?

• 6 cupcakes
• 4 cupcakes
• 7 cupcakes
• 8 cupcakes