One-Step Word Problems 1
Bryelle has 32 fish. She puts an equal number of fish in 4 tanks. How many fish are in each tank?
8 fish
The length is 8 square feet.
A shop has 145 blue pencils. They receive a shipment of 210 more blue pencils. After selling some pencils, they have 190 left. How many pencils did they sell?
165 pencils
A gym teacher has 48 basketballs. They put them into 6 bins. How many basketballs are in each bin?
Write related multiplication and division equations to find the number of trays.
There are 8 basketballs in each bin.
48 / 6 = 8
6 x 8 = 48
Ian is joining an art contest. He needs to draw 3 pictures for 6 days. How many pictures does he draw in all?
He drew 18 pictures.
A classroom are 4 rows of desks, and each row has 7 desks in it. How many desks are there in the classroom?
There are 28 desks.
An artist has 640 glass beads. They sell 142 beads on Saturday. The artist then sold 233 on Monday. How many more glass beads does the artist have to sell?
265 beads
A gardener has 35 seeds. They plant them in 5 pots. How many seeds are in each pot?
Write related multiplication and division equations to find the number of seeds in each pot.
There are 7 seeds in each pot.
35 / 5 = 7
5 x 7 = 35
Meila made 48 earrings. She gives 6 of her friends an equal amount of earrings. How many earrings does each friend get?
Each of her friends will get 8 earrings.
A toy store has 54 toy trucks. If they are arranged in rows of 6, how many will be in each row?
There are 9 in each row.
Amy saved 59 postcards from Europe and 84 postcards from Asia. She saved 193 postcards from around places around the United States. How many postcards does she have altogether?
336 postcards
A librarian has 42 books to put away. They place an equal number of books on 7 shelves. How many books are on each shelf?
Write related multiplication and division equations to find the number of books on each shelf.
There are 6 books on each shelf.
42 / 7 = 6
7 x 6 = 42
Mrs. Holbrooks has a rectangular living room floor. It is 7 meters wide by 4 meters long. She has enough tile to cover 30 square meters. Does she have enough tiles to cover her living room floor? Explain.
Yes, she has enough tiles to cover her living room floor. The area of her living room floor is 28 square meters and she has enough to cover 30 square meters.
Kerrington is going to paint her wall. The wall has a length of 7 square feet and a width of 3 square feet. What is the area of the wall she is going to paint?
21 square feet.
A bakery has 783 loaves of bread. People buy 268 loaves. Then the bakery gets 134 more loaves. How many loaves does the bakery have now?
649 loaves
An art teacher has 63 crayons. They divide them into 9 small boxes. How many crayons are in each box?
Write related multiplication and division equations to find the number of crayons in each small box.
There are 7 crayons in each small box.
63 / 9 = 7
9 x 7 = 63
Mrs. Roland's garden is 6 feet long and 9 feet wide. She wants to put fertilizer in it, but only has enough fertilizer to cover 50 square feet. Does Mrs. Roland have enough fertilizer to cover her garden? Explain
No, she does not have enough fertilizer to cover her garden. Her garden is 54 square feet, but she only has enough fertilizer to cover 50 square feet.
In a parade, 63 dancers arranged themselves into rows of 9. How many rows did they make?
There were 7 rows.
There are 63 people on a bus. Then 24 people get off the bus and 45 people get on the bus. How many people are on the bus now?
84 people
A baker makes 72 cookies. They pack them into 8 boxes. How many cookies are in each box?
Write related multiplication and division equations to find the number of cookies in each box.
There are 9 cookies in each box.
72 / 8 = 9
8 x 9 = 72