Division vs Multiplication Word Problems

Hayden has 16 baby pigs at her house.  She has 4 times as many baby pigs as Khloe.  How many baby pigs does Khloe have?

• Multiplication Word Problem

• Division Word Problem

Kaiya read 441 pages of her new book in one week. How many pages did she read a day?

• Multiplication Word Problem

• Division Word Problem

Kyle and Vanessa were
sharing the candy they brought
to school. Vanessa had 3 bags
of Skittles with 9 Skittles in
each bag. Kyle had 4 bags of
M&Ms with 6 in each bag. How
many pieces of candy did they
have to share?

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Ms. Brown brought 6 evenly divided boxes of muffins to class. There are 42 muffins altogether. How many muffins are in each box?

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Joseph had 25 trophies.  He put an equal number of trophies on each of his 5 shelves. How many trophies were on each shelf?

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Susan had 20 pieces of candy.  She was going to share them equally with herself and 3 friends. How many pieces will each person get?

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Veronica had 48 marbles.  She sorted them into 8 groups.  How many marbles will be in each group?

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

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There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket. If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

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