Multiplication Word Problems

Josefina's cat Whiskers, climbed into a tree and is afraid to get down. Her Dad climbed up a ladder to get Whiskers down. If he climbed up a ladder 15 steps, and each step is 32 centimeters, how far did he go?

Cooper bought 6 Pokemon card packs that had 7 cards in each pack. How many cards did he buy?

Hunter build 8 cars that had 3 seats in each car. How many seats did Hunter install?

Tom went to the store and bought chairs. Each chair cost 5 dollars. How much money did Tom spend for the 4 chairs he bought?

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

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?

Mr. Nolan paid $36.95 for each adult shirt and $23.95 for each youth shirt he bought. Mr. Nolan bought 2 adult shirts and 5 youth shirts. How much money did he spend on these shirts?

A caterer is preparing sandwiches for a picnic. If he makes 6 platters and each platter has 5 sandwiches, how many sandwiches does he make in total?

Carrie sent 38 text messages last week.  Her sister sent 5 times as many text messages.  How many text messages did they send in all?