WORD PROBLEMS – MULTIPLICATION
Problem: A pack has 6 pencils. There are 4 packs. How many pencils in total?
Answer: 6 × 4 = 24 pencils
Problem: 20 apples are shared among 5 students. How many apples does each student receive.
Answer: 20 ÷ 5 = 4 apples each
Problem: There are 3 bags with 10 marbles each. How many marbles are there in total?
Answer: 3 × 10 = 30 marbles
Numbers: 3, 4, 12
A classroom has 4 groups. Each group has 6 students. How many students are there in total?
Then 2 students are absent. How many are in class today?
4 × 6 = 24 →
24 − 2 = 22
Answer: 22 students
Problem: There are 8 boxes of cookies. Each box has 12 cookies.How many cookies are there in total?
Answer: 8 × 12 = 96 cookies
Problem: 36 stickers are divided into 6 groups. How many sticker does each student get?
Answer: 36 ÷ 6 = 6 stickers each
Problem: There are 48 crayons divided in 8 boxes. How many crayons are in each box?
Answer: 48 ÷ 8 = 6 crayons per box
Numbers: 6, 7, 42
There are 5 boxes with 8 pencils each.
10 pencils are lost. How many pencils are left?
5 × 8 = 40 →
40 − 10 = 30
Answer: 30 pencils
Problem: 5 classes with 23 students each. How many students are there in total?
5 × 23 = 115 students
Problem: 84 candies are shared among 7 children. How many candies does each receive?
Answer: 84 ÷ 7 = 12 candies each
Problem: There are 6 packs of 14 notebooks. How many notebooks are there in total?
Answer: 6 × 14 = 84 notebooks
Numbers: 8, 9, 72
A teacher has 3 packs of notebooks. Each pack has 15 notebooks.
She gives 9 notebooks away. How many notebooks does she have left?
3 × 15 = 45 →
45 − 9 = 36
Answer: 36 notebooks
Problem: In the garde, there are 9 rows with 15 plants each. How many plants are there in total?
Answer: 9 × 15 = 135 plants
Problem: There are 144 books in 12 boxes. How many books are in each box?
Answer: 144 ÷ 12 = 12 books each
Problem: Ms. Mariana divides 96 students into 8 teams. How many students are there in each team?
Answer: 96 ÷ 8 = 12 students per team
Numbers: 9, 12, 108
72 stickers are divided equally among 8 students.
Each student then gives 2 stickers away. How many stickers does each student have left?
72 ÷ 8 = 9 →
9 − 2 = 7
Answer: 7 stickers each
Problem: A school has 12 groups. Each group has 18 students. How many students are there in total?
Answer: 12 × 18 = 216 students
Problem: 225 marbles are divided into 15 groups. how many marbles does each get?
Answer: 225 ÷ 15 = 15 marbles each
Problem: Ms. Nathaly has 10 boxes with 25 pencils each. Then 50 pencils are given away. How many pencils are left?
Answer: 10 × 25 = 250,
then 250 − 50 = 200 pencils
Numbers: 11, 13, 143
A farm has 6 rows of trees. Each row has 14 trees.
12 trees are cut down.
Then 3 new trees are planted in each row. How many trees are there now in total?
6 × 14 = 84
84 − 12 = 72
3 × 6 = 18
72 + 18 = 90
Answer: 90 trees