Multiplication and Division Word Problems for 3rd Graders

A farmer has 24 apples. He wants to pack them into bags with 6 apples each. How many bags can he fill?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

There are 35 students in a class. If each student has 2 pencils, how many pencils are there in total?

• 60

• 100

• 70

• 80

A toy store sells 12 toy cars in a pack. If a customer buys 4 packs, how many toy cars does he have?

• 36

• 60

• 24

• 48

A baker makes 48 cookies. If he puts them into boxes of 8 cookies each, how many boxes does he need?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

A book has 25 pages. If a child reads 5 pages each day, how many days will it take to finish the book?

• 10 days

• 5 days

• 6 days

• 4 days

A gardener plants 36 flowers in rows. If each row has 9 flowers, how many rows are there?

• 6

• 3

• 5

• 4

A school has 42 desks. If each classroom has 6 desks, how many classrooms can be furnished?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 5

A pack of markers contains 10 markers. If a teacher buys 5 packs, how many markers does she have in total?

• 40 markers

• 30 markers

• 50 markers

• 60 markers

A pizza is cut into 12 slices. If 3 friends share the pizza equally, how many slices does each friend get?

• 4

• 3

• 5

• 6

A library has 56 books. If each shelf can hold 7 books, how many shelves are needed to store all the books?

• 6

• 10

• 12

• 8