Multiplication Word Problems

A movie theater has 15 rows of seats, with 20 seats in each row. How many seats are there in total in the theater?

• 300

• 200

• 400

• 350

A construction company uses 536 bricks for one wall and plans to build 72 walls. How many bricks are needed in total?

• 38608

• 38728

• 37608

• 39628

A book has 50 pages. If a student reads 3 books, how many pages did the student read in total?

• 150

• 100

• 200

• 50

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

Ms. Ritter put 45 marbles in a jar. Then, four of her students put in 12 marbles each. Then, nine of her students put in 18 marbles each. Which expression represents how many marbles are in the jar?

• 45 + (4 + 12) × (9 + 18)

• 45 + (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

• 45 × (4 + 12) + (9 + 18)

• 45 ÷ (4 × 12) + (9 × 18)

Tim has three trees in his backyard. Each tree has 7 branches. How many branches are there in all?

By Fletcher

• 10

• 21

• 14

• 28

Anne bought 2 shirts for $10 each and pants for $12. Which expression represents how much she will spend altogether?

• (2 +10) x 12

• (2 x 10) +12

• (2 +10) +12

• (2 X10) X12

Ava went to the store to buy bouncy balls. She found that they were sold in two different packages. Package A has 3 bouncy balls. Package B has 4 bouncy balls. Which combination of packages could Ava buy exactly 18 balls?

• Package A: 2

  Package B: 3

• Package A: 18

  Package B: 18

• Package A: 9

  Package B: 9

• Package A: 5

  Package B: 1

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?

• $167.35

• $258.65

• $232.65

• $193.65

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

• 22

• 32

• 24

• 83