Multiplication Division Story Problems

There are 156 people. All of them get split into 12 groups. How many are in each group?

• 32

• 25

• 16

• 13

Bob went to the store and bought 12 erasers. Each cost $6. How many dollars will Bob spend in all?

• 72

• 66

• 132

• 121

Keysha had 7 bags of cats. Inside each bag there was 7 cats. How many in all?

• 48

• 14

• 42

• 49

Ted has 18 feet of lumber. How many 2 ¹/₂ foot shelves can he make?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

One debate event lasted 2 ⁴/₅ hours. Each contestant spoke for ²/₁₅ of an hour. How many contestants were there?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

Student Council bought Mrs. Donnelly 24 roses. ¹/₄ of them were white roses. How many white roses were there?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

Ms. Brown has a rectangular garden with a length of 9 ⁵/₂₄ square yards and a width of 2 ¹/₆ yards. What is the area of the garden?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

Claire has 38 yards of material for costumes. She needs 2 ³/₈ yards for each costume. How many costumes can she make?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

Olivia set aside ⁵/₆ of an hour for homework after school each day. How many hours of homework does she do in 5 days?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction

Determine which operation you should use to solve this problem:

Mrs. Lucas has a pitcher of water and it is 4 ²/₃ cups full. If she splits the water between 6 people, how much water would each get?

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

• Subtraction