Multiplication Word Problems

Mrs. Nunez had 182 paper clips in a container on her desk. She ordered another 19 boxes, each box had 48 paper clips in it. How many paper clips does she have now.

Hint: Multi-step

• 912

• 3,458

• 1,094

• 8,736

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

John has 4 bags of marbles. Each bag contains 15 marbles. He gives 18 marbles to his friend and then buys 2 more bags, each containing 15 marbles. How many marbles does John have now?

• 72

• 78

• 84

• 90

Twenty of Erin's friends each agreed to donate $5 to her fundraiser. Which equation can be used to determine d, the amount of money Erin's friends donated to her fundraiser?

• 20 ÷ d = 5

• 20 + 5 = d

• 20 × 5 = d

• 5 × d = 20

Pedro ordered 24 boxes of baseballs.  Each box contained 16 baseballs.  Pedro used 8 of these baseballs during a game.  Which equation can be used to find b, the total number of these baseballs that Pedro did NOT use during the game?

• b = (24 + 16) - 8

• b = (24 x 16) - 8

• b = (24 - 16) / 8

• b = (24 x 16) + 8

Frank paid $41 total for 5 books and 1 magazine. The magazine costs $6 and each book cost the same amount. Which equation represents this situation where b is the price of a book. 

• b= (5x41) - 6

• 41= 5 + b + 6

• 41= (5 x b) + 6

• b= (5x6) + 41

Angelina has 6 book shelves. Each shelf has 8 fiction books and 11 non-fiction books. How many books does she have altogether?
WHAT OPERATION/S ARE BEING USED?

• Multiplication

• Addition

• Multiplication, Addition

• Addition, Division

On six bookshelves, there are 72 books per shelf. How many books are then altogether? If 1/3 of these are non-fiction, how many fictional books are there?

• 432 fiction

• 144 fiction

• 288 fiction

• 178 fiction

There are twelve triangular shaped skyscrapers located in Chicago. Each building has 5,004 windows. Each side has the same number of windows. How many windows are there on each side of each building?

• 2,977 windows

• 60,048 windows

• 1,680 windows

• 1,005 windows

Mrs. Crumling bought a box (375 per box) of Q-tips at the store. If Mrs. Crumling and her husband each use two Q-tips a day, how many boxes will she need to buy for the entire year?

• 3 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 5 boxes

• 6 boxes