Multiplication and Division Word Problem

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

Serenity made 6 necklaces. Each necklace had 8 charms on it. She gave away 3 necklaces, how many charms does she have left?

• 24 charms

• 45 charms

• 11 charms

• 17 charms

Wanda bought three boxes of cookies. Two boxes had 10 cookies. The third box had 8 cookies. Which equation shows the total number of cookies, c, Wanda bought?

• 2 + 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 + 8 = c

• 2 × 10 × 8 = c

• 2 + 10 × 8 = c

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

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

When I am given a total and one of the factors in each or groups.  I am going to find the quotient by...

• adding

• subtracting

• dividing

• multiplying

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

• division

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication