Multiplication
Division
Multistep Word Problems
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100

Ms. Gonzales packs 45 boxes with limes. Each box holds 100 limes. How many limes can Ms. Gonzales pack into these boxes?

4,500

100

Which expression has a quotient of about 7? 

7 ÷ 2 

23 ÷ 7 

36 ÷ 5

13 ÷ 6

36 ÷ 5

100

Alexa had a total of 36 bottles of water. She drank half of the bottles of water last week. She will drink the remaining bottles over the next 6 days. How many will she drink each day?

3

36 / 2 = 18

18 / 6 = 3

100

Fran bought 4 shirts for $13 each. She also bought a pair of socks for $4.29. What was the total amount?

$56.29

200

Darren drank 3 glasses of water every day for 6 days. Each glass contained 12 fl oz of water. How many total ounces of water did he drink?

216

200

A teacher put 378 marbles into 9 containers. He put the same number of marbles into each container. How many marbles did the teacher put into each container?

42

200

Ms. Wilmeth bought 4 bags of candies. Each bag contained 8 candies. She put an equal number of these candies into each of 9 gift boxes. How many candies were left over?

5

200

Scott traveled 557 miles to visit his cousin. What is this number rounded to the nearest ten?

560

300

A baker made 24 cakes each day for 2 days. He used 4 cups of flour for each cake he made. What was the total number of cups of flour the baker used on these 2 days?

192

300

Valerie had a jug that contained 128 fl oz of salsa to put into bowls at a restaurant. She filled each bowl with 6 fl oz of salsa until there was not enough salsa left in the jug to completely fill another bowl. How many fluid ounces of salsa were left in the jug?

2

300

Each Saturday Mr. Franklin teaches 3 piano lessons at his music school and 4 piano lessons in students’ homes. 

• For each lesson at his music school, he charges $15. 

• For each lesson in a student’s home, he charges $20. 

What is the amount of money in dollars Mr. Franklin earns from piano lessons each Saturday?

$125

300

The list shows the number of trees Isaiah planted in three years. 

• He planted 521 trees in the first year. 

• He planted 387 trees in the second year. 

• He planted 438 trees in the third year. 

Isaiah wants to plant a total of 2,000 trees. How many more trees does Isaiah need to plant?

654

400

A basketball team plays 82 games each year. How many games will the team play in 25 years?

2,050

400

Eric has 158 action figures to put in display cases. Each display case can hold 8 action figures. How many cases does Eric need to hold all his action figures?

20

400

A business earned $96 for one job and $78 for a second job. The money was divided equally among the 3 partners who own the business. How much did each person make? 

$58

400

Jorge swam a total of 173 minutes during 3 days. He swam the same number of minutes each day. Which of the following is the best estimate of the number of minutes Jorge swam each day? 60, 40, 20, 30

60

500

Diane worked 18 hours each week during the summer. She worked a total of 8 weeks and earned $9 an hour. How much money did Diane earn during the summer?

1296

500

There are 1,092 people who work in an office building. The building has 4 floors, and the same number of people work on each floor. How many people work on each floor?

273

500

The coaches at Xavier Elementary School bought cases of sports drinks for a field day. They bought 76 cases of drinks. Each case contained 24 drinks. All the drinks were given out to students. Each student received 3 sports drinks.

608

500

Mr. Conrad makes chess pieces. A chess club ordered a set of chess pieces for each of its members. 

•     Each set has 32 chess pieces. 

•     There are 27 members of the chess club. 

•     Mr. Conrad put these chess pieces in 6 boxes with the same number of pieces in each box. 

How many chess pieces did Mr. Conrad put in each box?

144