Multiplication or Division Word Problems

Rory had lots of candy. She had 456 bags of candy. In each bag, there were 78 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy does Rory have total?

• Multiplication

• Division

Anastasia worked at a pet shelter. There were 345 cats running around the shelter. She needed to put an equal number of cats in each of her 12 cages. How many cats will go in each cage?

• Multiplication

• Division

Victoria had lots of computers. Altogether, she had 678 computers at her school. There were 15 classrooms that she needs to put the computers in. If she puts an equal number of computers into each classroom, how many computers in each classroom?

• Division

• Multiplication

Gianna was collecting seashells. She had 432 buckets. She filled each bucket with 21 shells. How many shells did she collect in all?

• Division

• Multiplication

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Jonathan walks dogs for a living. He had 12 dogs on each leash. He had a total of 15 leashes! How many dogs did he walk?

• Multiplication

• Division

Miranda loves to cook. She cooked a total of 56 batches of brownies. In each batch of brownies, there are a total of 24 brownies. How many brownies did Miranda make?

• Division

• Multiplication

Andres loves math. He solved 453 problems all week long. If he solved the same number of problems each day of the week, how many problems did he solve each day?

• Multiplication

• Division

Nativadad loves reading. She has read every book on the shelves of her library. If there are 45 shelves in the library, and 16 books on each shelf, how many books has Nativadad read?

• Multiplication

• Division

Fabian likes to run. He ran around the track at school 47 times. The track is 15 miles long. How many miles did Fabian run?

• Division

• Multiplication