Multiplication Word Problem

Jia has 5 baskets.

Each basket has 3 apples.

How many apples are there altogether?

What is the correct multiplication equation to solve the problem?

• 5 x 1 = 6

• 5 x 2 = 10

• 5 x 4 = 9

• 5 x 3 = 15

Sam was at the beach for 12 days and found 8 seashells every day. How many seashells did Sam find during the beach trip ?

• 84

• 72

• 96

• 100

Farmer Tyler planted 638 corn stocks in a field. If each corn stock produces 6 ears of corn, how many ears of corn will he have?

The 4th grade class at Uplift Luna Primary sold more chocolate bars than any other class. They ordered 576 boxes of chocolate. Each box held 24 chocolate bars. How many chocolate bars did they sell?

• 13,818

• 3,456

• 13,824

• 13,248

Chandler is finding partial products to solve 82 x 42. Here is what he has done so far: What should Chandler do next?

• Multiply 40 x 80

• Multiply 42 x 80

• Add 4 + 160 + 80

• Multiply 2 x 80

Angel is making a blanket that will be 28 inches x 42 inches. What will be the area of the blanket.

Jayden walks 7 dogs each day for 5 days. Which equation shows how many walks he will make by the end of the fifth day?

• 7 + 5 = 12

• 7 + 5 + 5 = 17

• 5 x 5 = 25

• 7 x 5 = 35

A CD contains 4 music tracks. How many music tracks would 8 such CDs contain?

• 24 music tracks

• 28 music tracks

• 32 music tracks

• 36 music tracks

Answer explanation

The question asks how many music tracks would be present in 8 CDs if each CD contains 4 tracks. To obtain the answer, we simply multiply the number of CDs (8) by the number of tracks in each CD (4). This gives us 32 music tracks, which is the correct answer.

Norah uses an ounce of butter to bake 9 cookies. How many cookies can she bake with 8 ounces of butter?

• 64 cookies

• 72 cookies

• 80 cookies

• 88 cookies

Answer explanation

Norah can bake 9 cookies with one ounce of butter. Therefore, for 8 ounces of butter, she can bake 8 times as many cookies. Since 9 cookies multiplied by 8 equals 72, the answer is 72 cookies.

A farmer has 5 apple trees. Each tree produces 10 apples. How many apples in total does the farmer have?

• 20 apples

• 30 apples

• 50 apples

• 60 apples

Answer explanation

The question asks about the total number of apples the farmer has. As per the question, the farmer has 5 apple trees and each tree produces 10 apples. So, multiplying the number of trees by the apples each tree produces, we get 5*10 which is 50. Therefore, the correct answer is 50 apples.