Division
Multiplication/Division Story Problems
Volume
Volume Story Problems
100
What is the answer to a division problem called?
quotient
100
Jina has put her coins into 4 stacks. Each stack has 20 coins. How many coins total are there?
80
100
Given the following information, what is the volume of the figure?
L= 10 cm W= 6 cm H=5 cm
V= 300 cm3
100
A company makes wax candles in the shape of a rectangular prism. Each candle is 5 inches long, 4 inches wide, and 8 inches tall. How much wax will they need to make 320 candles?
51,200 in3
200
3200 / 4
800
200
Trey wants to play a game in which each player gets 5 cards. He has a total of 18 cards. How many people can play? How many cards will be remaining?
Number of people: 3
Number of cards: 3
200
Given the following information, what is the volume of the figure?
B= 15 in2 H= 4 in
V= 60 in3
200
A concrete foundation for a building has the shape of a rectangular prism. The foundation is 20 yards long, 15 yards wide, and 8 yards high. If concrete costs $16 per cubic yard, how much did the concrete cost for the foundation?
$150
300
Solve 2,555 / 4. Write the answer and remainder separate.
Quotient: 638
Remainder: 3
Remainder as fraction: 3/4 (Bonus 50 points)
300
Henry needs 262 programs for the school play on Thursday. How many boxes of programs will he need, given that each box contains 35 programs?
8 boxes
300
The solid below is made from cubes.
Find its volume. 
40 in3
300
A company rents storage sheds shaped like rectangular prisms. Each shed is 9 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 11 feet tall. The rental cost is $3 per cubic foot. How much does it cost to rent one shed?
$2079
400
Solve 1234 / 25
49 9/25
400
Alonzo has to carry 4,265 apples from a farm to the market. How many baskets will he need, given that each basket can hold 22 apples?
194 baskets
400
The figure below shows a rectangular prism. One base of the prism is shaded. 
Write an expression to find the volume of the prism using its length, width, and height.
2 x 7 x 8
400
A company makes concrete bricks shaped like rectangular prisms. Each brick is 10 inches long, 9 inches wide, and 4 inches tall. If they used 18,000 in3 of concrete, how many bricks did they make?
50 bricks
500
Solve 6785 / 46. Simplify
147 1/2
500
Ravi has 12 shelves on each bookshelf. He has 5 bookcases in all. He can put 24 stickers on each shelf. How many How many stickers can fit on each bookshelf? How many stickers can he fit on all 5 bookshelves?
Each bookshelf: 288 stickers
All bookshelves: 1,440 stickers
500
The volume of a figure is 1088 ft 3. The length and width are the same measurement and the height is 17 ft. What is the length and width?
L= 8 ft
W= 8 ft
500
A company makes wax candles shaped like rectangular prisms. Each candle is 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, and 10 mm tall. If the company used 3900 mm3 of wax, how many candles did they make?
26 candles