Multistep Word Problems Multiplication and Division

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How much change should she get back? 

• $58

• $24

• $26

• $15

Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?

Which operation would be used to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• division

• subtraction

• addition

A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?

Which operation would be used to solve this problem?

• multiplication

• division

• addition

• subtraction

Sue bought 3 t-shirts for $8 each. She paid with a $50 bill. How much change should she get back?

Which operations will be used to solve this problem?

• division and subtraction

• division and addition

• multiplication and subtraction

• multiplication and addition

Mrs. Ivey was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket. If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 2

Joey had 18 pieces of candy to eat. If he was going to eat the same amount each day for three days, how much would he eat in one day?

• 12

• 6

• 8

• 10

Brittany bought three cups of coffee. Each cup cost 4 dollars. How much did she spend on coffee?

• 10 dollars

• 7 dollars

• 12 dollars

• 8 dollars

The Halloween party had 3 boxes of prizes to choose from.

Each box had 9 prizes.

How many prizes were there in all?

• 12 prizes

• 27 prizes

• 6 prizes

• 4 prizes

Boston made 24 cupcakes for a birthday party. She will place them in boxes evenly. If each box holds 6 cupcakes, how many boxes will Boston need for all her cupcakes?

• 32

• 12

• 6

• 4