Multiplication Fact Word Problems

George had 36 toy cars.  Each car has 4 wheels. How may wheels do they have altogether?

• 142

• 144

• 140

• 145

John had 3 bags of cookies. Each bag had 22 cookies. How many cookies does he have in all?

• 66

• 64

• 60

• 62

Colby made 11 crates of green juice. Each crate holds 9 bottles. How many bottles of green juice did Colby make?

• 11

• 90

• 99

• 81

Select the expression that will help you solve the following word problem
Susan made 4 batches of cookies. Each batch made 9 cookies. How many cookies did she make in all?

• 4+9

• 4x9

• 36

• 1+2

Tonya made 12 cookies. Her friend Sara made 4 times as much as Tonya did. How much cookies did Sara make?

• 48 cookies

• 16 cookies

• 12 cookies

• 32 cookies

Jill has eight hair ties and each hair tie has 12 polka dots on it. How many polka dots are there in all?

• 84

• 96

• 24

• 20

A teacher is buying pencils for her class. If she buys 12 packs of pencils and each pack contains 4 pencils, how many pencils does she buy in total?

• 48

• 40

• 36

• 50

A classroom currently contains 5 rows of chairs with 7 chairs per row. On parents’ night the classroom had TWICE as many chairs. Which number sentence can be used to find the number of chairs in the classroom on parents’ night?

• 5 + 7 + 2

• 5 x 7 x 2

• 5 x 7 ^÷ 2

• 5 + 7 x 2

If you had 3 packs of jelly beans and each pack contained 4 jelly beans, how many jelly beans would you have?

• 14

• 10

• 15

• 12

A bookshelf has 8 shelves, and each shelf can hold 11 books. How many books can the bookshelf hold in total?

• 88

• 96

• 78

• 80