Multiplication and Division Word Problems

The local zoo has 24 cats. The cats range from Lions/Tigers to Mountain Lions. If each cat eats 8 lbs of meet a day, then how much food is eaten per day by the cats? 

• 3 lbs

• 192 lbs

• 92 lbs

• 212 lbs

The zoo has about 18 exhibits. There are 990 total animals at the zoo. How many would be in each exhibit?

• 105 Animals

• 95 Animals 

• 65 Animals

• 55 Animals

A cup of coffee cost about $3.58. My sister wants to find out how much she spends on coffee for the month of August. How much would my sister spend in the 31 days of August? 

• $99.98

• $120.58

• $106.89

• $110.98

If a Toyota Camry weighs about 2115 lbs. How much would 35 Camrys weigh at the local car lot? 

• 64,025 lbs

• 74,025 lbs

• 76,725 lbs

• 66,715 lbs

If a professional basketball team makes about 13 three pointers per game. How many three pointers would they make in a 82 game basketball season?

• 1,066 three pointers

• 866 three pointers 

• 1,256 three pointers

• 1,056 three pointers 

Marc drove 448 miles to go to see a basketball game. He drove for 8 hours.  What is the average number of miles Marc drove each hour? 

• 56

• 65

• 1045

• 20,216

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

Which operation would be used to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

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

 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

Nikki has 24 strawberries. She needs 6 strawberries to make a smoothie. How many smoothies can she make?

• 6

• 24

• 4

• 8