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1-2 Step Multiplication Division Word Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

a)

24

b)

1 and 1/2

c)

5 and 3/4

d)

1/24

2.

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

a)

$68 total

b)

$10 more

c)

$39 more

d)

$39 total

3.

For breakfast, Joe bought a muffin for $1.60 and a cup of coffee for $0.55. For lunch, Joe had soup, a salad, and lemonade. The soup cost $2.75, the salad cost $7.85, and the lemonade cost $0.65. How much more money did Joe spend on lunch than on breakfast?

a)

$13.40

b)

$11.25

c)

$9.10

d)

$2.15

4.

A business printed 225 books on Friday. Each book had 350 pages. How many pages did the business print on Friday?

a)

125

b)

350

c)

1900

d)

78,750

5.

Mrs. Romero is purchasing cap erasers to refill her community supply caddies. She buys 6 packs of 44 erasers each. She has 8 supply caddies in her classroom. If she divides the erasers equally, how many erasers will go in each caddy?

a)

30 erasers

b)

31 erasers

c)

32 erasers

d)

33 erasers

6.

Kenzie has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster?

a)

5

b)

150

c)

60

d)

20

7.

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bought 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get?

a)

24

b)

4

c)

17

d)

5

8.

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

a)

6 and 1/3

b)

228

c)

32

d)

44

9.

Ned poured 138 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

(a)  

10.

Coach bought 5 buckets of baseballs at the start of the season. Each bucket had 16 baseballs.

Coach divided the baseballs equally among 8 players.

How many baseballs did each player get?

a)

80

b)

10

c)

29

d)

128

11.

The 5th graders at Williams Elementary are preparing for a field trip. Each of the 6 classes have 28 students in all. The students are to be divided equally onto 4 buses for the field trip. How many students will be on each bus?

a)

22 students

b)

32 students

c)

42 students

d)

52 students

12.

Frank loves to collect photographs. He has 355 photographs and an album with 5 pages in it. How many photographs can go on each page?

a)

71

b)

1775

c)

360

d)

45

13.

Jack Prelutsky was working on a new book of poems. The book is going to be divided into 6 sections. Originally, Prelutsky planned on writing 57 poems, but his publisher asked him to remove 21 poems so there could be an equal number of poems in each section. How many poems will go in each section of the book?

a)

5 poems in each section

b)

6 poems in each section

c)

10 poems in each section

d)

12 poems in each section

14.

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

a)

1

b)

2/9

c)

2

d)

1/4

15.

Heath has 1/2 pound of raisins. He put the raisins into 4 bags. He put the same amount into each bag. What amount of raisins did Heath put into each bag?

a)

2 pounds

b)

8 pounds

c)

1/8 pounds

d)

4 and 1/2 pounds

16.

At a picnic, 12 people shared 4 large sandwiches equally. How much of a sandwich did each person get to eat?

a)

1/3 of a sandwich

b)

3 sandwiches

c)

1/48 of a sandwich

d)

1/16 of a sandwich

17.

Each of 5 boys ate 2/3 of a pizza. What is the total amount of pizza the boys ate

a)

7 and 1/2 pizza

b)

3 and 1/3 pizza

c)

4 and 1/3 pizza

d)

5 and 2/3 pizza

18.

The total length of three boards is 7/8 of a yard. The lengths of two of the boards are 1/4 of a yard and 3/16 of a yard. What is the length of the third board?

a)

5/8 of a yard

b)

11/16 of a yard

c)

1 and 5/16 of a yard

d)

7/16 of a yard

19.

Mackenzie has 8 markers. Ty has three times as many. If they combine their markers, how many do they have? 

a)

32

b)

24

c)

18

d)

38

20.

Ms. Judy went to the grocery store to purchase tomatoes. The tomatoes came in packages with 8 tomatoes in each package. She purchased 6 packages. How many total tomatoes did Ms. Judy buy?

a)

14

b)

48

c)

36

d)

40