Multiplying by Multiples of 10
Multiplication
Division
Story Problems
Trivia
100

20x4

80

100

12 x 11

132

100

816÷4

204

100

A shop sells 36 cupcakes each day. How many cupcakes does it sell in 5 days?

36×5=180

100

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

200

50x5

250

200

23×15

235

200

945÷3

315

200

A farmer has 128 apples. He puts them equally into 8 baskets. How many apples are in each basket?

128÷8=16

Each basket has 16 apples. 

200

In which continent is the Sahara Desert located?

Africa

300

60x8

480

300

245×23

5,635

300

2,856÷7

408

300

There are 24 students in a class. Each student reads 15 pages of a book. How many pages are read in total?

24×15=360

There are 360 pages in total.

300

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Photosynthesis

400

Mrs. Cahill bought cupcakes for her class. She bought 6 boxes of cupcakes. Each box had 30 cupcakes in it. How many cupcakes did she buy in all?

30x6=180

400

512×64

32,768

400

4,392÷8

549

400

A school has 275 students. They are seated in buses with 40 seats each. How many buses are needed and how many students will be left without a seat?

6 buses filled, 35 students left without seats

400

Who is the father of the problem solving process?

George Polya

500

Mr. Smith had 8 bags of dice. Each bag had 40 dice in it. How many dice did he have in all?

If there are 316 students in 3rd grade, does he have enough dice for each student to get one?

He had 320 dice in all.

Yes, he have enough.

500

A concert hall has 125 chairs in each row. There are 24 rows in the hall. After setting up all the chairs, 450 tickets were sold.

How many empty chairs are there in the concert hall?

There are 2,550 empty chairs in the concert hall.

500

A bakery baked 2,436 muffins. They packed them equally into 9 boxes. How many muffins were packed in each box?

Each box has 271 muffins. 

500

A library has 48 shelves. Each shelf holds 125 books.
After filling the shelves, 670 books are left over. If these leftover books are packed equally into boxes of 200, how many boxes are completely filled and how many books are left unpacked? 

48×125=6,000 

670÷200=3 boxes remainder 70

3 boxes are completely filled, and 70 books are left unpacked.  

500

Which river is the longest in the world?

Nile River

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