Multiplication
Division
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Interpreting Remainder Division Word Problems
100

68 x 9

68 x 9 = 612

100

195 ÷ 5

195 ÷ 5 = 39

100

Michael is arranging trading cards in his album. He has a total of 24 cards. He has the same number of baseball, basketball, football and soccer cards. How many of each card does Michael have? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

24 ÷ 4 = 6

Michael has 6 of each card.

100

Last weekend was a big day at the museum for the Titanic exhibit. On Friday, 32 classes visited the exhibit. Three times as many classes visited on Saturday than on Friday. How many classes in all visited on both days? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

32 x 3 = 96

96 + 32 = 128

There were 128 classes that visited on both days.

100

Sam read a book that was 141 pages long. He read each day for 8 days and finished the last few pages on the 8th day. How many pages did he read the first 7 days and how many pages did he read on the 8th day? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

141 ÷ 8 = 17 R5

Sam read 17 pages for the first 7 days and read 5 pages on the 8th day.

200

453 x 7

3,171

200

8,294 ÷ 2

4,147

200

Janet makes cookies for her friends afterschool. She has 3 ovens. Each oven can bake 28 cookies at one time. How many total cookies did Janet make if each oven cooked the same number of cookies? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

 28 x 3 = 84

Janet made 84 cookies.

200

Marvin mows yards for extra money. He can mow 35 yards a week. If he mows the same number of yards each day, how many yards does Marvin mow each day? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

35 ÷ 7 = 5

**7 days in a week

Marvin mowed 5 yards each day.

200

Motor City & Co. ships cars for people who are moving. Each truck can fit 6 cars on it. They have 77 cars that need to be moved. How many trucks do they need? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

77 ÷ 6 = 12 R5

Motor City & Co. will need 13 trucks so that all the cars will be moved.

300

1,683 x 4

6,732

300

769 ÷ 4

769 ÷ 4 = 192 R1

300

Jennifer has 60 beads. She wants to make bracelets for her friends. If she has 10 friends, how many beads can she put on each bracelet? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

60 ÷ 10 = 6

Jennifer can put 6 beads on each bracelet.

300

Amelia bought 40 black T-shirts for $4 each. She painted designs on them and then sold each T-shirt for $8. How much profit did Amelia make selling her fancy T-shirts? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

40 x 4 = $160 (cost of black T-shirts)

40 x 8 = $320 (money earned from designed shirts)

320 - 160 = $160 (profit)

Amelia made $160 in profit selling her fancy T-shirts.

300

Mr. Bull bought a package of Skittles with 343 pieces of candy. He split them evenly among the 5 groups of students in his class and ate the rest. How many Skittles did each of the groups get? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

343 ÷ 5 = 68 R3

Each group got 68 Skittles and Mr. Bull ate 3 Skittles.

400

72 x 95

6,840

400

9,453 ÷ 4

9,453 ÷ 4 = 2,363 R1

400

There were 34 fourth graders who bought pencils at the school store on Monday. On Tuesday, 27 fourth graders bought pencils. If each student bought 8 pencils, how many pencils were sold on Monday? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

34 x 8 = 272

There were 272 pencils sold on Monday.

400

Ava earned $455 babysitting. If she spends $200 and then splits the remaining money between 5 charities, how much money will each charity receive? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

455 - 200 = 255

255 ÷ 5 = 51

Each charity will receive $51.

400

Mrs. Smith had $130 to buy dry erase boards for her students. Each dry erase board cost $6. How many dry erase boards could she afford to buy? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

130 ÷ 6 = 21 R4

Mrs. Smith could buy 21 dry erase boards with $4 leftover.

500

3,256 x 98

3,256 x 98 = 319,088

500

7,217 ÷ 8

7,217 ÷ 8 = 902 R1

500

Ruby makes $60 in five days of babysitting. How much money does Ruby make for one day of babysitting? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

60 ÷ 5 = 12

Ruby makes $12 for one day of babysitting. 

500

Wylie purchased 14 cans of sliced pears. Each can contains 45 slices of pear. If Wylie eats 345 slices of pears, how many slices does he have remaining? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

45 x 14 = 630

630 - 345 = 285

Wylie has 285 slices of pears remaining.

500

Mrs. Winston has to put 300 books on shelves. If 7 books will fit on each shelf, how many shelves will Mrs. Winston need to hold all her books? *Remember to show your work and write a complete sentence for your answer.

300 ÷ 7 = 42 R6

Mrs. Winston will need 43 shelves to hold all her books.