Multistep Division and Multiplication Word Problems

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

• 293

• 1

• 294

• 469

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

Tim bought 405 crayons that came in packs of 15. How many packs of crayons did Tim buy?

• 6,075

• 27

• 25

• 420

I bought 245 packs of baseball cards.  Each pack has 16 cards in it.  How many total cards did I buy?

• 261

• 229

• 3920

• 4920

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

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Tom and Lana were comparing their Halloween candy. Tom received 4 times as much as Lana. Tom then split his candy evenly into 9 piles to eat later. If Nancy received 18 ounces of candy, how many ounces of candy would be in each of Tom's piles?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

• 6 and 1/3

• 228

• 32

• 44

Ned poured 138 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

A farmer has 26 employees. He pays each employee $410 per week. After paying his workers for one week, he has $162 left. How much did the farmer have at first?

• $162

• $572

• At first the farmer had $3,280.

• At first the farmer had $10,822.

There are 35 campers equally sharing 5 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

• 9

• 7

• 30

• 40