Multiplication and Division Word Problems

Tonya made 12 cookies. Her friend Sara made 4 times as many as Tonya. How many cookies did Sara make in all?

• 48 cookies

• 16 cookies

• 12 cookies

• 32 cookies

Amanda ordered 3 pizzas. Each pizza has 8 pieces. How many pieces did she order in all?

• 24

• 11

• 5

• 15

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

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Kim and Sarah sold bags of cookies.

• Each bag has 8 cookies
• Kim sold 4 bags of cookies
• Sarah sold 5 bags of cookies

What is the total number of cookies that Kim and Sarah sold together?

• 60

• 52

• 17

• 72

Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?

• 7

• 4

• 3

• 8

Ashley and Avionna are making a sticker page.  They made 8 rows of stickers. They put 6 stickers in each row.  How many stickers did they place in rows?

• 14

• 48

• 42

• 56

What type of story problem is this?  Jaila practiced cheerleader for 6 days.  Each day she spend 2 hours getting better.  How much time did Jaila spend practicing?

• Division problem because she is missing her groups

• Division problem because she is missing her in each

• Multiplication because she has her groups and how many in each.

• Multiplication because you are trying to find the quotient

Ms. Brown bought 5 bags of candy.  In each bag there were 10 pieces of candy.  How many pieces of candy did Ms. Brown buy?

• 15

• 50

• 5

• 55

Josiah picks 25 apples.  He places 5 apples in each bag.  How many bags does Josiah have?

• 25

• 30

• 20

• 5

I can use skip counting on a number line, arrays, picture, or repeated addition to solve this type of problem

• division

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication