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Word Problems of Multiplication and Division

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 2hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Amy and her mom went to the store to get Halloween candy. Each bag of candy cost $2. They bought 6 bags of candy. How much did they spend on all of the candy they bought?

a)

$8

b)

$12

c)

$6

d)

$4

2.

Bailey has a bookcase in her room. The bookcase has five shelves. On each shelf there are eight books. How many total books are in the bookcase?

a)

13

b)

45

c)

64

d)

40

3.

Hayes made rainbow colored cupcakes for dessert. If he made one box of cupcakes for each of the 7 colors of the rainbow and each box has 6 cupcakes, how many cupcakes did Hayes make in total?

a)

42

b)

13

c)

35

d)

63

4.

Averie and Shay talked about Maci who has a huge collection of hair bows. If Averie and Shay have 9 hair bows and Maci has 9 times more than that, how many hair bows does Maci have?

a)

81

b)

18

c)

72

d)

27

5.

There is 1 puppy in each kennel. There are 33 kennels. How many puppies are there in total?

a)

32

b)

66

c)

34

d)

33

6.

Ashley's Pet Store has 24 tropical fish. They keep 3 fish in each tank. How many fish tanks are there?

a)

21

b)

72

c)

8

d)

12

7.

There are 50 toes in the swimming pool. Each person has 10 toes. How many people are in the pool?

a)

10

b)

5

c)

3

d)

40

8.

Samantha is inviting 8 friends to a party.

She has 48 cookies. How many cookies will

each friend get?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

7

d)

9

9.

Carly has 18 eggs stored in boxes. If there

are 3 boxes, how many eggs must go in each

box?

a)

9

b)

7

c)

6

d)

5

10.

Mason wants to split a collection of

bananas into groups of 4. Mason has 20 bananas. How many groups will be created?

a)

4

b)

10

c)

16

d)

5

11.

Mrs. Ivey was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

8

12.

Frisco ran 4 laps in the backyard.

Jack ran twice as far as Frisco.

How far did Jack run?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

4

d)

2

13.

There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket.

If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

2

14.

Two loaves of pumpkin bread cost a total of 12 dollars. How much did each loaf cost?

a)

3 dollars

b)

4 dollars

c)

5 dollars

d)

6 dollars

15.

Joey had 18 pieces of candy to eat. If he was going to eat the same amount each day for three days, how much would he eat in one day?

a)

12

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

16.

Brittany bought three cups of coffee. Each cup cost 4 dollars. How much did she spend on coffee?

a)

10 dollars

b)

7 dollars

c)

12 dollars

d)

8 dollars

17.

The Halloween party had 3 boxes of prizes to choose from.

Each box had 9 prizes.

How many prizes were there in all?

a)

12 prizes

b)

27 prizes

c)

6 prizes

d)

4 prizes

18.

Oak Grove raised $20 a day for 7 days for Run for the Gold.

How much money did Oak Grove raise?

a)

$27

b)

$13

c)

$140

d)

$120

19.

NCG sold 80 tickets to Despicable me on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. How many tickets were sold in all?

a)

83 tickers

b)

200 tickets

c)

240 tickets

d)

175 tickets

20.

Ms. Kahley bought 4 bags of candy.

Each bag had 80 pieces.

How many pieces of candy are there in all?

a)

300 pieces

b)

84 pieces

c)

320 pieces

d)

300 pieces

21.

Mr. Yamamoto is making a breakfast for the 6 members of his family. He is making bacon and omelets. If each omelet needs 3 eggs, how many eggs does he need?

a)

9 eggs

b)

18 eggs

c)

3 eggs

d)

12 eggs

22.

Avea checked out 18 books from the library. Half of them are nonfiction. How many nonfiction books did she check out?

a)

16

b)

8

c)

10

d)

9

23.

Imani is taking apart a beaded necklace to make 4 identical bracelets. The necklace has 48 beads. How many beads will Imani use for each bracelet?

a)

12 beads

b)

42 beads

c)

52 beads

d)

8 beads

24.

Mariel volunteers at the animal shelter 3 times a month. After 7 months, how many times has she volunteered at the animal shelter?

a)

10 times

b)

4 times

c)

28 times

d)

21 times

25.

Nondi’s class is going on a field trip. Each chaperone will take 4 kids in their car. If there are 36 students going, how many chaperones will they need?

a)

9 chaperones

b)

32 chaperones

c)

40 chaperones

d)

6 chaperones

26.

Maja is designing robots. Each has 10 feet of wire inside them. If she makes 5 robots, how many feet of wire will she need?

a)

5 feet

b)

10 feet

c)

50 feet

d)

15 feet

27.

Hilo has 63 baseball cards to put into a photo album. There are 9 cards on each page. What operation do you need to use to find how many pages of baseball cards Hilo has?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

28.

Adrian started a dog walking business. On Saturday he walked 8 dogs and earned $72. What operation do you need to use to find how much he charged per dog?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

29.

Brandon has 5 boxes of chocolates. Each box holds 6 pieces of chocolate. What operation do you need to use to find how many pieces of chocolate Brandon has total?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

30.

Tamika collects stamps. She has a 8 page book that holds 5 stamps per page. What operation do you need to use to determine how many stamps Tamika has collected?

a)

Addition

b)

Subtraction

c)

Multiplication

d)

Division

31.
A farmer has 26 employees. He pays each employee $410 per week. After paying his workers for one week, he has $162 left. How much did the farmer have at first?
a)
$162
b)
$572
c)
At first the farmer had $3,280.
d)
At first the farmer had $10,822.
32.
A pet store sold 74 puppies in one week. If each of the puppies cost $60, how much money did the pet store make?
a)
$4,440
b)
$4,432
c)
$3,810
d)
$4,810
33.
A fourth grade class has 22 students. Each box of crayons has 24 colors. If each student brings 2 boxes crayons for school supplies, how many crayons is that in all?
a)
1056
b)
1048
c)
1156
d)
1088
34.
Ms. Arellano bought 144 mini erasers. She put the mini erasers into 6 equal groups. How many erasers will be in each group?
a)
6
b)
24
c)
7
d)
25
35.
 A box of chalk contains 8 pieces of chalk. If Ms. Daye buys three boxes, how many pieces of chalk does she buy?
a)
11
b)
24
c)
32
d)
2
36.
For two weeks, Kimberly must walk her neighbor's dog two times a day. Kimberly's neighbor will pay her $15 for each day. How much money will Kimberly make? 
a)
$310
b)
$180
c)
$240
d)
$210 
37.
Tim bought 405 crayons that came in packs of 15. How many packs of crayons did Tim buy? 
a)
6,075
b)
27
c)
25
d)
420
38.
I bought 245 packs of baseball cards.  Each pack has 16 cards in it.  How many total cards did I buy?
a)
261
b)
229
c)
3920
d)
4920
39.
There are 570 students at a school. If each classroom holds 30 students, how many classrooms are needed at the school? 
a)
15
b)
19
c)
17,100
d)
600
40.
The veterinarian saw 6 times as many dogs at the office this week as cats.  He saw 42 dogs.  How many cats did he see?
a)
8
b)
252
c)
241
d)
7
41.
The 5th grade classrooms received 12 new iPads, each iPad cost $465. How much did it cost to buy all the iPads?
a)
5,580
b)
1,395
c)
5,880
42.
The answer to a division question is called . . . 
a)
Divisor
b)
Multiplier
c)
Quotient
d)
Sum
43.
What do you call the answer to a multiplication problem?
a)
product
b)
multiply
c)
tree diagram
d)
equal groups
44.

Ms. Kahley bought 4 bags of candy.

Each bag had 80 pieces.

How many pieces of candy are there in all?

a)

300 pieces

b)

84 pieces

c)

320 pieces

d)

300 pieces

45.

The librarian was putting away a box of 2,345 books up on her shelves. If she had 8 shelves, how many books fit equally on each shelf?

a)

293

b)

1

c)

294

d)

469

46.

A book shelf will hold 8 text books. Mrs. Thomas has 42 books. How many shelves will she need?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

336

d)

50

47.

a bus holds 30 students. There are 100 students in 4th grade. How many buses will be needed for a field trip?

a)

5

b)

3,000

c)

3

d)

4

48.

The students at EP Foster School collected 2,790 cans of fruit for Cheers for Children. Each student brought in 5 cans. How many students attend the school?

a)

840 students

b)

585 students

c)

855 students

d)

558 students

49.

Yudith has 19 red shirt and 37 black shirts. She wants to put them into 8 equal groups. How many will be in each group?

a)

56

b)

70

c)

7

d)

560

50.

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

a)

19

b)

20

c)

6

51.

Mrs. Ivey was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them on 4 plates, how many would be on each plate?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

5

d)

8

52.

There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket.

If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

2

53.

Joey had 18 pieces of candy to eat. If he was going to eat the same amount each day for three days, how much would he eat in one day?

a)

12

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

54.

Brittany bought three cups of coffee. Each cup cost 4 dollars. How much did she spend on coffee?

a)

10 dollars

b)

7 dollars

c)

12 dollars

d)

8 dollars

55.

The Halloween party had 3 boxes of prizes to choose from.

Each box had 9 prizes.

How many prizes were there in all?

a)

12 prizes

b)

27 prizes

c)

6 prizes

d)

4 prizes

56.

There are 40 jelly

beans in Jim’s jar. If

the jelly beans are

organized into 8

groups, how big is

each group?

a)

32

b)

48

c)

5

d)

4

57.

There are 3 baskets. In

each basket there are 7

apples. How many apples

are there in all?

a)

10

b)

14

c)

24

d)

21

58.

Eliza has 27 flowers. If

she shares them among

3 friends, how many

flowers does each friend

get?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

24

d)

10

59.

There are 10 students

in the class and there

are 40 stickers. If the

stickers are divided

equally among the

students, how many

does each student get?

a)

50

b)

5

c)

4

d)

14

60.

There are 3 hamburgers

in a box. If there are 8

boxes, how many

hamburgers are there in

all?

a)

21

b)

30

c)

11

d)

24

61.

Boston made 24 cupcakes for a birthday party. She will place them in boxes evenly. If each box holds 6 cupcakes, how many boxes will Boston need for all her cupcakes?

a)

32

b)

12

c)

6

d)

4

62.

Coach Roldan has 15 basketballs. He will place them evenly into 3 boxes. How many boxes will Coach use for all his basketballs?

a)

18

b)

5

c)

12

d)

3

63.

Georgia has 4 sheets of stickers. Each sheet has 8 stickers. How many total stickers does Georgia have with all 4 sheets?

a)

36

b)

40

c)

32

d)

12

64.

Mia bought 6 packs of gum. Each pack contains seven pieces of gum. How many total pieces of gum does Mia have altogether?

a)

48

b)

40

c)

36

d)

42

65.

42 divided by 7 =

a)

7

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

66.

81 divided 9 =

a)

9

b)

10

c)

8

d)

7

67.

63 divided by 9 =

a)

8

b)

7

c)

9

d)

10