Factors and Multiples: Fun Word Problems for Grade 4

Sarah has 24 apples. She wants to pack them into bags with the same number of apples in each bag. What are the different ways she can pack the apples using factors of 24?

• 5

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

• 7

• 10

A school is organizing a field trip for 36 students. They want to arrange them into groups with the same number of students in each group. What are the possible group sizes?

• 7

• 10

• 5

• 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36

Tom has 15 toy cars. He wants to give them to his friends in such a way that each friend gets the same number of cars. What are the possible numbers of friends he can give the cars to?

• 1, 3, 5, 15

• 10

• 4

• 2

Lily is making gift bags for a party. She has 40 candies and wants to put the same number of candies in each bag. What are the different ways she can distribute the candies using factors of 40?

• 12

• 3

• 6

• 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40

A farmer has 60 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons. Each carton can hold 12 eggs. How many full cartons can he fill, and how many eggs will be left over?

• 5 full cartons and 5 eggs left over

• 4 full cartons and 12 eggs left over

• 5 full cartons and 0 eggs left over

• 6 full cartons and 0 eggs left over

There are 48 students in a class. The teacher wants to arrange them in rows of 6. How many rows will there be, and how many students will be in each row?

• There will be 12 rows, with 4 students in each row.

• There will be 6 rows, with 8 students in each row.

• There will be 8 rows, with 6 students in each row.

• There will be 10 rows, with 5 students in each row.

A baker is making cupcakes. He can bake 18 cupcakes at a time. If he wants to bake 72 cupcakes, how many batches does he need to make?

• 4

• 3

• 6

• 5

Emma is organizing her sticker collection. She has 32 stickers and wants to arrange them in rows with the same number of stickers in each row. What are the possible arrangements?

• 12, 14, 15, 20, 24, 30

• 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

• 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32

• 6, 13, 19, 21, 25, 28

A library has 54 books and wants to display them on shelves. If each shelf can hold 9 books, how many shelves will be needed?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

Jack is planting flowers in his garden. He has 36 flower seeds and wants to plant them in rows of 4. How many rows will he have, and how many seeds will be left over?

• 10 rows, 2 seeds left over

• 7 rows, 1 seed left over

• 8 rows, 4 seeds left over

• 9 rows, 0 seeds left over