Multiplication and Division Word Problems

A baseball league bought 9 boxes of baseballs. Each box contained 36 baseballs. How many baseballs did the league buy?

• 324

• 274

• 84

• 34

Scott has 28 toy cars to put on 4 shelves. He wants to put the same number of cars on each shelf. How many toy cars should Scott put on each shelf?

• 32, because 4 + 28 = 32

• 112, because 28 x 4 = 112

• 7, because 4 x 7 = 28

• 24, because 28 - 4 = 24

There are two different vegetables in a garden.

-There are 5 rows that have 16 carrot plants in each row

-There are 72 spinach plants

How many vegetable plants are there in the garden?

• 152

• 88

• 93

• 122

Stacy used 21 feet of ribbon to make bows. She used 3 feet of ribbon for each bow. Which equation can be used to find the number of bows Stacy made with this ribbon?

• 21 x 3 = 63

• 21 divided by 3 equals 7

• 21 + 3 = 24

• 21 - 3 = 18

• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

Felicia earns $7 per hour walking dogs. She walked dogs for 5 hours. She used the money she earned to purchase a new jacket for $28. How much money does Felicia have left?

• $40

• $7

• $21

• $16

Roger is sorting P.E. equipment. He found 2 basketballs that were flat. He can put 8 basketballs in each bin. There are 15 bins. How many basketballs can the bins hold altogether?

• 120

• 130

• 140

• 150