Vocabulary
Multiplication
Division
Multiplication Word Problem
Division Word Problems
100
What is the answer to a multiplication problem?
product
100
56 x 8
448
100
72 ÷ 8
9
100

Nancy has 25 books. Sara has 5 times more books than Nancy. How many books does Sara have ?

Sara has 25 books. I know this because ______.

100
Karter brought in 36 pieces to class for his birthday. He shares them with 9 people. How many pieces of candy does each person get?

Each person will get 4 pieces of candy

200
What is the answer to a division problem?
Quotient
200
734 x 4
2,936
200
85 ÷ 5
17
200

Amani has 49 orange balloons and 17 blue balloons. Kassidy has 7 times more orange balloons than Amani. How many orange balloons does Kassidy have?

Kassidy has 343 orange balloons.

200

Brihanna bought 60 eggs from the grocery store to bake some cakes. Each cake needs 7 eggs. How many cakes can Brihanna make? Will there be any eggs left over? 

Brihanna will bake 8 cakes. There will be 4 eggs left over. 

300
What is the name for the numbers being multiplied together?
factors
300
3,834 x 8
30,672
300
365 ÷ 2
182 r 1
300

Mary and Joan go fishing together. Mary catches 3 times as many trout as Joan. If Joan catches 4 trout, how many trout do they catch in total?

Mary and Joan catch a total of 16 trout.

300

Carlos was at the beach for five days and found 8 seashells and 36 starfish. He plans to give all of his seashells equally to his four friends. How many seashells will each friend get?

Carlos Will give each friend 2 seashells

400
What is the name for the number that is dividing into another number?
Divisor
400
12 x 74
888
400
806 ÷ 5
161 r 1
400

Benny had 210 dollars to spend on 7 books. After buying them he had 14 dollars. How much did each book cost?

$28

400

A farmer harvested 48 carrots from one field and 36 carrots from another field. He wants to pack all the carrots into crates, with each crate holding 9 carrots. How many full crates can the farmer pack, and how many carrots will be left over?

The farmer can pack 9 full crates, and there will be 3 carrots left over.

500
What is the name for the number that is being divided up?
Dividend
500
78 x 94
7,332
500
572 ÷ 8
71 r 4
500

Antionne has a collection of Pokemon Cards. His sister hid half of his collection. There are now only 47 cards left. How many cards did Antionne start with ?

Antionne started with 94 baseball cards.

500

A bakery baked 96 muffins in the morning. By the afternoon, 28 muffins had been sold. The remaining muffins need to be packed into boxes, with each box holding 8 muffins. How many full boxes can the bakery pack, and how many muffins will be left over?

The bakery can pack 8 full boxes, and there will be 4 muffins left over.