Multiplication & Division Word Problems
There are 36 fish tanks at the pet store. Each tank has 9 fish in it. How many fish does the pet store have in all?
There are 324 fish at the pet store.
Hadasa has 365 pennies. Jose gave her 287 more pennies. How many pennies does Hadasa have all together?
Hadasa has 652 pennies.
Naidelyn went to swimming practice from 9:20 am to 10:30 am. How long was her swim practice?
Her swim practice was 70 minutes long.
or:
Her swim practice was 1 hour and 10 minutes long
A square has side lengths of 8 ft. What is the area?
The area is 64 square feet.
What is 34 x 5?
170
Three friends went to the store to buy fruit. Ashley bought 6 bags of apples. Andrea bought 7 bags of oranges. Melissa bought 8 bags of plums. Each bag of fruit has 4 pieces in it. How much fruit did the three girls buy all together?
They bought 84 pieces of fruit all together.
The San Francisco Zoo has 830 animals. The Oakland Zoo has 698 animals. How many more animals does the SF Zoo have than the Oakland Zoo?
(I made this up)
The SF Zoo has 132 more animals than the Oakland Zoo.
Michael went on a hike. He left his house at 10:55 am and got back home at 12:10. How long was the hike?
The hike was 75 minutes long.
or:
The hike was 1 hour and 15 minutes long.
A square has side lengths of 7 cm. What is the perimeter?
The perimeter is 28 cm.
What is 76 x 3
228
A soccer team went to get pizza after the game. They bought 13 large pizzas. Each pizza has 8 slices. How many slices of pizza were there in all?
There were 104 pieces of pizza.
Two friends went to the beach to find shells. David found 350 and the Dennis found 299. How many more shells did David find than Dennis?
David found 51 more shells.
Rosie and her sister wanted to ride their scooters. They left their house at 3:30 pm and got back home at 4:15 pm. How long were they riding their scooters?
They rode their scooters for 45 minutes.
The area is 44 square feet.
What is 97 x 7?
679
Fernanda is baking cupcakes for a party. She made 5 batches, and each batch had 12 cupcakes in it. If she wants to put 4 cupcakes in each box, how many boxes will Fernanda need?
She will need 15 boxes.
There are 732 students at Davidson Middle School. If there are 213 8th graders and 320 7th graders, how many 6th graders are there?
(I made these numbers up)
There are 199 6th graders.
Melkin went on a bike ride that lasted 50 minutes long. If he left his house at 4:45 pm. What time would he get home?
The perimeter is 178 ft
What is 198 x 4?
792
The 3rd - 5th graders at a school are having a water balloon fight to celebrate the end of the year. If there are 960 total balloons, and the grade levels all get the same number of balloons, how many balloons will each grade get?
(I made this up)
Each grade level gets 320 water balloons.
Farmer John has 2,832 sheep at his farm. Fred is renting 983 of the sheep to help eat the weeds in his field and Sally is renting 653 sheep to eat the weeds in her field. How many sheep does Farmer John still have at his farm?
Farmer John has 1,196 sheep still at his farm.
Lismary went shopping with her mom. They were gone for 70 minutes. They got home at 4:35 pm. What time did they leave?
They left their house at 3:25 pm.
A rectangle has side lengths that are 13 and 9. What is the area?
The area is 117 square feet.
What is 243 x 6?
1,458