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Multiplication/Division Word Problems

Multiplication/Division Word Problems
100

Divide 16 by 1 

16

100

28 divided by 7 

100

There are 480 crayons. They are packed equally into 6 boxes. How many crayons does each box have?

Each box has 80 crayons.

100

Gas Station A sells 273 gallons of gas in the morning. On the same morning, Gas Station B sells double the amount of gas that Gas Station A sells. How many gallons of gas do they sell in all? 

They sell 819 gallons of gas in all.

200

Divide 37 by 7 

5 R 2 

200

80 divided by 2

40

200

On Monday, Mrs. Bollat sells 124 movie tickets. On Tuesday, she sells three times as many tickets as on Monday. How many tickets does she sell on Tuesday?

She sold 372 movie tickets on Tuesday. 

200

Joel buys 3 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 32 pencils. The pencils are shared equally among 4 children. How many pencils does each child get?



Each child gets 24 pencils



300

Divide 95 by 3 

31 R 2

300

180 divided by 9

20 

300

Jack is two times taller than Mike. Mike is 3 ft tall. How tall is Jack? How much taller is Jack than Mike?

Jack is 6 ft tall. He is 3 ft taller than Mike.

300

Megan makes a necklace with 12 red beads and 15 yellow beads. She makes a total of 3 necklaces. How many beads are on each necklace? How many beads does she use in all?

There are 27 beads on each necklace. 

There are 81 beads in all.

400

Divide 56 by 4  

14 

400

900 divided by 3

300

400

Each shirt has 8 buttons. There are 72 buttons in all. How many shirts are there?

There are 9 shirts.

400

Fred saves 4 times as much money as Larry. Maria saves $12 less than Fred. Larry saves $32. How much money does Maria save?


Maria saves $116. 

500
Divide 79 by 2
39R1
500

3,600 divided by 4 

900

500
Mr. King picked 54 peaches from his orchard. He picked 9 times as many peaches as Mr. Tang. How many peaches did Mr. Tang pick?
Mr. Tang picked 6 peaches.
500

Susan has 24 ounces of soda. She pours all of the lemonade equally into 4 jugs. She then pours out one of the jugs of soda to fill 2 glasses. How many ounces of soda are in each glass?

Each glass has 3 ounces of soda.