Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Shanti had 275 red beads and 3 times as many blue beads as red beads. She used a total of 156 beads to make a bracelet. How many beads did she have left?

Factory A produces 420 dolls a day. Factory B produces 90 fewer dolls a day than Factory A. How many dolls will the two factories produce in 28 days?

Grandpa gave $365 to each grandson and $298 to each granddaughter. He had 4 grandsons and 6 granddaughters. How much did Grandpa give away?

Raj and Samy had a total of $392. Samy had 3 times as much as Raj. Samy spent $38 on a pair of shoes. How much did Samy have left?

Mr Cheng had $2175. He gave $1200 to his wife and the rest to his 3 sons and 1 daughter. His daughter got twice as much as each of his sons. How much did his daughter get?

Shakila bought a table and 6 identical chairs for $1233. The table cost $750 more than a chair. How much did Shakila pay for the 6 chairs?

Alex went to the grocery store to buy a bag of cherries containing 612 pieces. If he wants to give each student in his class an even amount of cherries, and has 17 students in his class, how many cherries should each student receive? 

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

To separate into equal groups, to find the number of groups, or the number in each group.

• multiply

• divide

• addition

• subtraction

Triple means...

• add 3

• subtract 3

• multiply by 3

• divide by 3

24,024 ÷ 422

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division