Multiplication and division problems

Happy Day Care is taking a field trip to the zoo. There are 156 children and five adults going. If one Happy Day Care van can hold nine passengers, how many vans will they need so that everyone will get to go to the zoo?

• 16 vans

• 17 vans

• 18 vans

• 19 vans

Charles worked 16 hours each week at the mall while attending college. He worked a total of 35 weeks and earned $8 an hour. How much money did Charles make over all the weeks?

• $128

• $560

• $4,380

• $4,480

Jennifer wants to ride her bike 130 miles in 5 days, riding the same number of miles each day. She is going to ride only 2 days next week. If she rides the same number of miles each day, how many miles will she ride in the 2 days?

• 52, because 130 ÷ 5 = 26 and 26 x 2 = 52

• 50, because 130 ÷ 5 = 25 and 25 x 2 = 50

• 42, because 130 ÷ 5 = 26 and 26 x 2 = 42

• 66, because 130 + 2 = 132 and 132 ÷ 2 = 66

A candy store bought 75 large gummy bears. They put eight gummy bears on each shelf. How many shelves are needed to put all the gummy bears on a shelf?

• 3 shelves

• 10 shelves

• 9 shelves

• 600 shelves

Richard’s mom made 282 ounces of lemonade for his lemonade stand. He poured the lemonade into 6-ounce cups. How many cups of lemonade did he pour?

Students sold 530 bags of popcorn for a fund-raiser. The popcorn cost $3 a bag. How much money will the students make if they get to keep half the money?

• $3,180

• $1,590

• $533

• $795

Sandy has 356 colored beads. She is making friendship bracelets. To make each bracelet, she needs nine beads. What is the greatest number of bracelets can she make?

• 38 bracelets

• 39 bracelets

• 36 bracelets

• 40 bracelets

A Little League baseball team bought eight cases of water for their weekend tournament. Each case contained 12 bottles of water. The bottles of water were given out to the nine players. How many bottles of water were left over?

• 29 bottles

• 10 bottles

• 6 bottles

• None of the above

Bernardo drove from Houston to San Antonio. He drove 55 miles per hour for 2 hours and then made a stop. He then drove 60 miles per hour for the remaining 2 hours. How many miles did Bernardo travel from Houston to San Antonio?

• 115 miles

• 110 miles

• 120 miles

• 230 miles

For a summer science class, a teacher ordered sets of marbles. - Each set of marbles contained 12 marbles. - There were 14 sets of marbles. - The teacher put the marbles into bags, with six marbles in each bag. How many bags of marbles did the teacher make?

• 168 bags

• 26 bags

• 28 bags

• None of the above