Multiplication
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Two-Step Word Problems
One-step Word Problems
Two-Step Word Problems
100

7 X 6

What is 42?

100

15 ÷ 5

What is ... 3?

100

Ms. Cat's cat weighs 6 kilograms. Her dog weighs 22 kilograms more than her cat. What is the total weight of her cat and dog?

What is... 34kg

6 (the weight of the cat)

6 + 22 = 28 (weight of the dog)

6 + 28 = 34kg

100

Rania has 4 boxes. She puts 6 pencils in each box. How many pencils does she have?

What is.. Rania has 24 pencils total?

4 X 6 = 24

100

Jermaine sold 7 baskets of raspberries and his sister Jasmine sold 5 baskets of strawberries. Raspberries were sold for $3 a basket and strawberries were sold for $2. 

Who raised more money? Show how you know.

What is... Jermaine raised more money?


1. 7 X $3 = $21 (strawberries)

2. 5 X $2= $10 (raspberries)

200

_____ x 7 = 49

What is.... 7?

200

____ ÷ 6 = 9

What is... 54?

200

Nareena spends 39 minutes studying for her science test. She then does 6 chores. Each chore takes her 3 minutes. How many minutes does Nareena spend studying and doing chores?

What is... 57 minutes

39 (studying)

6 x 3 = 18 (how long it take him to do chores)

39 + 18 = 57 minutes

200

There are 6 boxes of cookies and each box has 5 cookies inside.

How many cookies are there in all?

What is.. 30 cookies in all?


6 X 5 = 30

200

There were 845 legos in a box. Isa used 240 legos to build a castle. Jorge used 87 to build a dragon. How many blocks were left in the box?

What is.... There are 518 blocks left in the box?

845 - 240 = 605 (legos after Isa was done with her castle.)

605 - 87 = 518 (legos after Jorge was done with his dragon)

300

11 X ____= 88

What is... 8?

300

30÷ ___=6

What is ... 5?

300

Gabi buys 8 boxes of granola bars for a party. Each box has 9 granola bars. After the party, there are 39 bars left. How many bars were eaten during the party?

What is .. 33 granola bars

8 x 9 = 72 (number of granola bars before the party)

72 - 39 = 33 bars were eaten during the party


300

Gonzalo has 4 cars. Emilio has 3 times as many as Gonzalo.

How many cars does Emilio have?

What is... Emilio has 12 cars?


4 X 3= 12

300

Gonzalo receives 5 cents for each can or bottle he recycles. How many cents does Gonzalo earn if he recycles 23 cans and 32 bottles?

What is .... 11 cents

23 + 32 = 55 (bottles and cans he recycles)

55 divided by 5 = 11 (cents)

400

3 x 9

What is... 27?



400

36 ÷ 6

What is... 6? 


400

Emma weighs her marbles in a jar, and the scale reads 474 grams. The empty jar weighs 439 grams. Each marble weighs 5 grams. How many marbles are in the jar?

What is... 7 marbles

 474 grams = marbles in the jar

439 grams = empty jar

474 - 439 = 35 grams (weight of just the marbles)

35 divided 5 = 7 marbles

400

Charlotte baked cookies and divided them equally among 7 of her friends. Each friend received 9 cookies. How many cookies did Charlotte bake?

What is... Charlotte baked 63 cookies?

7 X 9 = 63

400

Aitana and three of her friends are helping their teacher sharpen pencils. They each sharpen 9 pencils. Their teacher sharpens 46 pencils. How many pencils were sharpened in total?

What is.. 82 pencils are sharpened?

4 X 9= 36 (how many pencils Aitana and her 3 friends sharpen)

36 + 46 = 82 

500

What is  7 X 4

What is 28?


500

54 ÷ 9

What is.... 6? 


500

Six friends equally share the cost of a gift. They pay $90 and receive $42 in change. How much does each friend pay?

What is... $8

$90 - $42 = $48 (the cost of the gift)

$48 divided by 6 = $8 (each friend pays)

500

Jorge buys a pack of postage stamps. He counts 9 rows of 4 stamps. He thinks of 10 fours to find the total number of stamps. Show the strategy that Jorge might have used to find the total number of stamps. *

What is... Jorge bought 36 postage stamps

9 fours = 10 fours - 1 four

                     40 - 4

                         36

500

Juliette bought 4 packs of lollipops to give to her friends. Each pack has 10 lollipops. 8 people are given the lollipops. How many lollipops will each person get?

What is... 5 lollipops is what each person will get.

1. 4 X 10 = 40 (how many lollipops there are in total)

2. 40 ÷ 8 = 5

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