1-2 Step Multiplication Division Word Problems

Nate had 300 cookies for class. He dropped 145 on his way to school. His mom brought him 123 more cookies. How many cookies does Nate have now?

• 350

• 278

• 155

• 423

Melvin has twice as many pencils as Ali. Zachary has four times as many pencils as Ali. If Ali has 3 pencils, how many pencils do the three boys have in all?

• 12

• 6

• 21

• 24

Gionni counted 77 birds on the pond. 53 were ducks and the rest were geese. Then the geese flew away in 4 equal flocks. How many geese were in each flock?

• 4

• 6

• 53

• 77

Mr. Starling wants to rearrange his closet of shoes.  There are 32 pairs of shoes in his closet.  He wants 4 rows of shoes.  How many pairs of shoes will go in each row?

• 7

• 28

• 36

• 8

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15

• 13

• 18

• 12

Julia bought 6 packs of stickers. Each pack had 8 stickers. Then Julia's friend gave her 10 more stickers. How many stickers does she have now?

• 48

• 58

• 54

• 60

Miss Rentschler buys 2 drinks and 3 sandwiches. The drinks cost $2 each. and the sandwiches cost $6 each. How much was the total cost of the drinks and sandwiches?

• 22

• 5

• 8

• 20

Goldfish come in 20 bags per crate and the school bought 5 crates for 4th grade snacks. Each 4th grader gets 2 bags. How many 4th graders are there?

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 100

Walmart has a DVD movie section. In the section, it has 4 racks that each have 15 scary movies. It has 3 racks that each have 5 romance movies. There were 11 movies sold yesterday. How many scary and romance movies are left in all?

• 75

• 64

• 4

• 20

Peggy’s parents spent $73 at the shoe store. Peggy’s shoes and her sister’s shoes each cost $24. The rest of the money was spent on her brother’s shoes. How much did her brother’s shoes cost?

• $25

• $48

• $49