Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Stacy wanted to share
some pictures she had taken on
her trip to the Grand Canyon
with her friend Laura. She put
them in 7 stacks to keep them
in order. Each stack had 6
pictures. How many pictures
did Stacy have to show Laura?

• 55

• 13

• 42

• 76

Miss Skelton put her magnetic
letters in 5 separate bags to
keep them organized. If she
put 8 letters in each bag, how
many total letters does she
have to work with?

• 13

• 40

• 45

• 16

Miss Rothermel and Ms. Humphrey ordered
chocolate to sell at the school
fundraiser.Miss Rothermel ordered 6
boxes of chocolate with 5
pieces in each box. Ms. Humphrey
ordered 8 boxes of chocolate
with 4 pieces in each box. How
many more pieces did Miss Rothermel
order than Ms. Humphrey?

• 2

• 4

• 32

• 25

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

• 45

• 7

• 23

• 48

Mr. Curtis bought 64 candies and gave 8 candies to everyone in his class. How many students are in Mr. Curtis' class? 

• 8

• 69

• 4

• 30

Mrs. Bremer needs to feed 21 people at a pizza party. If each person will eat exactly one slice and a pizza contains 7 slices, how many pizzas should she order?

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• 12

• 3

• 8

Each batch of blueberry muffins requires 2 cups of blueberries. If Lakisha has ten cups of blueberries, how many batches of muffins can she make?

• 5

• 12

• 10

• 5

 A restaurant uses 3 cups of cornmeal to make one loaf of cornbread. If they have 27 cups of cornmeal, how many loaves of cornbread can the restaurant produce? 

• 4

• 9

• 30

• 21

 A coffee shop runs a special selling a medium iced coffee for 2 dollars. If they sell 18 medium iced coffees, how much money have they made?

• 65

• 36

• 3

• 56

 A box of chalk contains 8 pieces of chalk. If Ms. Daye buys three boxes, how many pieces of chalk does she buy?

• 11

• 24

• 32

• 2