One Step Multiplication and Division Word Problems

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

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

Mr. Klingle is packing up 540 old paint brushes into bags to donate to a local art studio.  Each bag only holds 6 paintbrushes.  How many bags will Mr. Klingle need?

• 3,240 bags

• 120 bags

• 123 r2 bags

• 90 bags

Mrs. Jones has 1,895 pieces of paper that she split evenly between 5 students.  How many pieces of paper did each student receive?

• 9,475 pieces of paper

• 379 pieces of paper

• 1,979 pieces of paper

• 370 pieces of paper

Mrs. Gonzalez buys a total of 56 crayons for her classroom. Each pack contains 8 crayons. How many packs of crayons does Mrs. Gonzalez buy?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

A fourth-grade class at Smith Elementary ate four pizzas for lunch. A fifth-grade class ate five pizzas for lunch. Each pizza was sliced into eight slices. How many slices of pizza did the two classes eat for lunch?

• 9 slices

• 17 slices

• 72 slices

• 20 slices

Julie bought a book for 3 dollars. Peter bought a book for 6 times as much as Julie’s book. How much did Peter pay for his book?

• $9

• $18

• $3

• $12

Three friends went fishing. Bonnie caught 3 times as many fish as Jessica. Sarah caught twice as many fish as Jessica. Jessica caught 3 fish. How many fish did the three friends catch in all?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

If each box contains 5 apples, and there are 3 boxes, how many apples are there in total?

• 15

• 20

• 10

• 25

If a box contains 30 chocolates and you want to share them equally among 5 friends, how many chocolates will each friend get?

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 4

If there are 15 candies and you share them equally among 3 friends, how many candies does each friend get?

• 8

• 5

• 3

• 6