Word Problems: Multiplicative Comparisons
Multi-step Word Problems
Area Model Division
Partial Quotient Division
Mixed
100

A red umbrella costs $8.00. A blue umbrella costs 3 times as much as the red umbrella. How much does the blue umbrella cost?

$24

100

Ava bought two sandwiches for a total of $5.25, a bowl of soup for $3.00, and a bag of chips for $1.25. How much change did she get back if she paid with a $20 bill? 

$10.50 

100

Solve using area model. 

897/5

179 R2

100

Solve using the partial quotient method.

846/6

141

100

Jenny collected 45 Pokémon in March, she collected 23 Pokémon cards in April, and 34 Pokémon cards in May. She has a total of 121 cards, how many cards did she collect in June? 

19 cards

200

Tom ran 4 laps of the football field. Sam ran 5 times as many laps of the football field. How many laps did Sam run?

20 laps

200

Ethan and Michael played table basketball using wadded up bits of paper and plastic cups. Each basket was worth 2 points. Ethan scored 18 points and Michael scored 24 points. How many goals did the boys score together? 

21 goals together

200

Solve using area model. 

467/9

51 R8

200

Solve using the partial quotient method. 

987/4

246 R3

200
Jordan and Fran collected seashells at the beach. Jordan collected four times as many as Fran. Fran collected 34 seashells. How many did Jordan collect?

136 seashells

300

Sally is three years old. Her sister is 8 times as old as she is. How old is Sally? Write the equation. 

24 years old

300

Kimmy and Kayla played table tennis. Each time they scored on the other person they gave themselves 3 points. If Kimmy ended up with 18 points and Kayla ended up with 21 points, how many times did they score on the other player? 

Kimmy=

Kayla=

Kimmy=6 times

Kayla= 7 times 

300

Solve using area model. 

1,268/4


317

300

Solve using the partial quotient method. 

1,388/7

198 R2

300

Solve using the partial quotient method. 

589/5

117 R4

400

Sandra has 6 times as many pencils as Maria. Maria has 9 pencils. How many pencils does Sandra have?

54 pencils

400

Carlton Palmore Elementary has been given $455 to spend on school supplies for their students. 1st grade needed $122 worth of supplies, 2nd grade needed $45 worth, 3rd grade needed $102 worth, and 4th grade needed $57 worth. How much money is left to spend on 5th grade supplies?

$129

400

Solve using area model.

2,468/4

617

400

Solve using the partial quotient method. 

2,435/6

405 R5

400

Solve using the area model method. 

1,457/6

242 R5

500
Henry collected 681 box tops. Arianna collected 3 times as many as Henry. How many did Arianna collect?

2,043 box tops

500
For your birthday your grandma said that she was going to spend $110 on you. She already purchased the x-box game you wanted for $56. You are wanting another game that costs $21, how much will you have left to spend if she buys that game as well?

$33

500

Solve using the area model.

3,669/6

613 R1

500

Solve using the partial quotient method. 

3,204/6

534

500

Solve using either partial quotient or area model method:

5,640/6

940

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