Area
Two-Step word problems
Division
Area 2
100

What is the area of a rectangle with 3 rows and 4 columns?


12 square units

100

Jessie has $35 dollars, he buys 5 notebooks for $2 each, 3 pencils for $5 each. How much money does Jessie have left? 


10 dollars 

100

There are 12 cookies shared equally among 3 friends. How many cookies does each friend get?


4 cookies

100

A rectangle is 2 units long and 6 units wide. What is the area of the rectangle? 

12 units 

200

Which multiplication shows this array?

5 rows of 6


5 x 6

200

A baker needs 48 cupcakes. She already baked 4 trays with 9 cupcakes on each tray. How many more cupcakes does she need to bake?


4 × 9 = 36

48 − 36 = 12 cupcakes


200

A class has 40 markers. They want to put the same number of markers into 8 bags. How many markers go in each bag?


40 ÷ 8 = 5


200

A classroom rug has 5 rows of squares. Each row has 7 squares. What is the area of the rug?


35 square units

300

A rectangle has 6 rows and 5 columns.

What is the area?


30 square units

300

A teacher needs 60 pencils for her class. She has 5 boxes with 8 pencils in each box. How many more pencils does she need?


5 × 8 = 40 

60 − 40 = 20 pencils


300

There are 24 students sitting equally at 6 tables. How many students sit at each table?


4 students per table. 

300

A rectangle has 10 rows and 2 columns. Another rectangle has 5 rows and 4 columns. Do they have the same area? Explain.


Yes, 10 x 2 is 20 

5 x 4 is 20 

400

How do you find area? 

Length times width 

400

Allie has 84. She buys a shirt for $12 and some books. Each book costs $8.

How many books did she buy?


9 books 

400

A library has 36 books. They are placed equally on 9 shelves. How many books are on each shelf?


36 ÷ 9 = 4


400

A rectangle has 6 rows and 5 columns.

a. What is the area?

b. Write two multiplication equations that show the area.


5 x 6 =30

6 x 5 =30 

The area is 30

500

Write an Equation to show the area of this rectangle?

(3 + 2) rows and 6 columns


(3+2)x6

500

A classroom has 100 paper clips. They use 28 paper clips. The rest are shared equally into 6 cups. How many paper clips go in each cup?


100 − 28 = 72 

72 ÷ 6 = 12 paper clips


500

A farmer packs 56 apples into bags of 7 apples each. How many bags does he make?


56 ÷ 7 = 8


500

The area of a rectangle is 36 square units. One side is 9 units long. What is the other side?


4 units