Multiple and Divide Word Problems

A fifth grade class received a large donation of pencils at the beginning of the school year.

· The school received 89 packs of 12 pencils.

· There are 24 students in the class.

If each student uses the same number of the donated pencils during the school year, how many pencils will each student use?

• 45

• 44

• 54

• 55

Josiah has 310 cards in his collection book. The last page in his collection book has 6 cards. The other pages in Josiah’s book are full. Each full page has 8 cards. If P is the number of full pages in Josiah’s book, which expression could be used to find the number of full pages?

• 310 ÷ 6 + 8

• (310 – 6) ÷ 8

• 310 ÷ (6 + 8)

• 310 – (6 x 8)

A palace ballroom has an area of 12,000 square feet.

· The floor will be covered with decorative 1-foot square tiles.

· 8 crates with 1,385 tiles each have been ordered.

How many more tiles need to be ordered to cover the entire floor?

• 920

• 1500

• 115

• 900

A new school received a shipment of library books. The shipment included 207 boxes with 37 books in each box. How many books were received for the new library?

• 7649

• 7695

• 7659

• 7559

Keshawn bought a computer for $2,205. She will make 9 equal payments to pay off the computer. How much is each payment?

Gary has 7070 books. He has shared his books equally to his 70 juniors in his school. How many books does each junior get?

• 101

• 100

• 70

• 110

A babysitter earns $235 each day for keeping several children. If she babysat the children for 19 days in October, how much money did she earn?

• 3645

• 4654

• 4465

• 6445

3 friends went to a restaurant and had a bill totally $42.99. If they split the bill evenly, how much will each person pay?

• $143.30

• $14.33

• $128.97

• $13.43

A candy store owner has 8.32 pounds of jelly beans.  If she puts the jelly beans into 8 jars, how much candy will go in each jar?

• 4

• 1.04

• 1.40

• 66.56

Ava earned $59.70 selling handmade bracelets at the craft fair. She sold a total of 6 bracelets. If all the bracelets were priced the same, how much did she charge for each bracelet?

• $8.98

• $9.95

• $53.70
  

• $65.70