Word Problems Multiplication/Division
Miscellaneous Word Problems
Fractions
Area & Perimeter
What's Missing?
100
- Apples in Baskets: Sarah has 4 baskets. Each basket contains 7 apples. How many apples does Sarah have in total?
28 Apples
100
Birthday Party Invitations: Lily is inviting friends to her birthday party. She has already written 47 invitations and needs to write 38 more. How many invitations will she have written in total?
47+38= 85 invitations
100
Use the Equal Numerators Strategy
4/6 is >, < or = to 4/8
4/6 > 4/8
I would rather have 4 out of 6 slices of pizza than 4 out of 8 slices of pizza because the 4 out of 6 is a bigger slice.
100
The perimeter of a regular polygon is 30 in. The length of each side is 6 in. What is the shape's name?
30 divided by 6= 5
A five-sided shape is called a pentagon.
100
14+ ____= 29
15
200
Tom has 6 boxes of toy cars. Each box contains 8 toy cars. How many toy cars does Tom have altogether?
48 cars
200
Collecting Stamps: Ben has 56 stamps in his collection. His friend gave him 29 more stamps. How many stamps does Ben have now?
85 stamps
200
4/6 is <,> or equal to 5/6
Use the equal denominators strategy
5/6 is greater than 4/6
200
The perimeter of a regular polygon is 24 in. The length of each side is 8 in. What is the shape's name?
24 divided by 8= 3
A regular three-sided shape is called an equilateral triangle.
200
62-____= 45
17
300
- Classroom Desks: There are 9 rows of desks in a classroom. Each row has 5 desks. How many desks are there in the classroom?
45 desks
300
School Supplies: Mrs. Johnson is preparing school supplies for her class. She bought 5 packs of markers, and each pack contained 8 markers. She also bought 12 notebooks. How many school supplies (markers and notebooks) did Mrs. Johnson buys in total?
8x5= 40
40+12=52
300
Which is bigger 3/6 or 1/6?
3/6
300
The perimeter of a regular polygon is 36 ft. The length of each side is 9 ft. What is the shape's name?
36 divided by 9 is 4.
A regular 4-sided figure is called a square.
300
9 x___=72
8
400
Sharing Cookies: Emma has 30 cookies. She wants to share them equally among her 5 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?
6 cookies
400
Field Trip Lunches: Mrs. Green’s class is going on a field trip. She needs to prepare lunches for the students. She has 4 boxes, and each box contains 6 sandwiches. She also has 18 apples to give out. How many sandwiches and apples does Mrs. Green have in total for the field trip?
4x6=24
24+18= 42
400
Which is bigger 4/6 or 4/8?
4/6
400
A rectangle has a length of 7 inches and a width of 5 inches. What is the area?
7 x5 = 35 inches
400
6x___=36
6
500
Books on Shelves: There are 24 books that need to be placed on 6 shelves. If each shelf has the same number of books, how many books will be on each shelf?
4 books
500
Planting Flowers: Mr. Brown is planting flowers in his garden. He plants 7 rows of flowers, with 5 flowers in each row. He also plants 15 sunflowers. How many flowers did Mr. Brown plant in total?
48 divided by 8 = 6 pencils
7x5=35
35+15=50
500
2/3 = ?/6
2/3 x 2/2= 4/6
500
The long side of a rectangle is 29 in. The short side of the rectangle is 2 in. What is the perimeter of the rectangle? What is the area of the rectangle?
Area: 29x2= 58
Perimeter: 29+29+2+2= 62
500
Mrs. Smith’s class is making a large banner for the school fair. They have a total of 30 stickers to decorate the banner. Each student will get an equal number of stickers to use. If there are 6 students in the class, how many stickers will each student get?
To solve this problem using the missing multiplicand strategy, students would set up the equation
6 x____=30
5 stickers