Multiplication Word Problem
Jules is selling mittens for $10 a pair. If she sells 34 mittens, how much money did she make?
She made $340.
Sadie is making friendships bracelets for 10 of her friends. She has 310 beads and wants to give each friend the same number of beads. How many beads should Sadie use for each bracelet if she uses all the beads?
She should use 31 beads on each bracelet.
The answer to a multiplication problem.
26 x 9
234
512 div 8
64
Cameron ran for 45 minutes every day for the past week. How long did he run in total for the week?
He ran 315 minutes (or 5 hours 15 minutes).
Miguel is baking chocolate chip cookies. If there are 153 chocolate chips in the bag, and he splits the bag evenly between 9 cookies, how many chocolate chips are in each cookie?
There are 17 chocolate chips in each cookie.
The answer to a division problem.
Quotient
52 x 21
1,092
1,470 div 15
98
On average Don sells 14 cups of lemonade each day at his lemonade stand. How many cups will he sell in 45 days?
He will sell 630 cups of lemonade.
Mrs. Dowling is setting up rows in the auditorium for promotion. There are 288 chairs and each row can fit 12 chairs. How many rows will she need?
She will need 24 rows of chairs.
The amount left over in a division problem.
78 x 96
7,488
3,157 div 25
126 7/25 or 126.28
A car company makes 16 cars a day. How many cars do they make in the month of October?
They make 496 cars.
The cross country team is running a relay race. They need to run 339 miles total and there are 15 members on the team. If they each run the same amount, how far will each team member run?
The amount you divide by in a division problem.
Divisor
352 x 12
4,224
5,187 div 12
432 3/12 or 432.25
Lionel drinks 64 fluid ounces of water every day. How many fluid ounces of water does he drink in 4 weeks? How much does he drink in cups?
He drinks 1,792 fluid ounces of water in 4 weeks. He drinks 224 cups.
The Gray family is going on a road trip. If they plan to drive 1,183 miles over the two weeks. If they drive the same distance each day, how far will they drive each day?
They will drive 84 1/2 (or 84.5) miles each day.
The amount you start with in a division problem.
Dividend
748 x 63
47,124
11,984 div 32
374 16/32 or 374.5