Math Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

• 8

• 6

• 3

• 5

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?

• 6

• 24

• 7

• 25

Sunrise Goat Farm has 5 pens. Each pen has 9 goats. How many goats are on the farm?

• X multiply

• ÷ divide

At a restaurant, there are 6 tables. If there are 48 people, how many will sit at each table?

• X multiply

• ÷ divide

Hazel mother wants to make 3 ribbons of equal length.  She has 21 inches of ribbon.  How long will each ribbon be?

• 12 inches

• 3 inches

• 7 inches

• 5 inches

Sophia and Maddie baked 40 cookies. If they share them equally, how many cookies does each girl get?

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 40

Tylin has 12 boxes of cookies. If each
box of cookies contains 6 cookies, how
many cookies does Tylin have in all?

• Multiplication

• Division

There are 35 students in gym class. There are 7 students on each team. How many teams are there?

• Multiplication

• Division

Vanique made 20 cupcakes. If she wants to split them equally among herself and 4 friends, how many cupcakes will each person receive?

• Multiplication

• Division

Read the problem below. Determine

whether you need to multiply or

divide.

Anthony bought 6 boxes of dog treats. If Anthony purchased a total of 36 dog

treats, how many dog treats were in each box?

• Multiplication

• Division