Word Problems
Tom decided to sell some of his old toys. Each toy sold for $5. He sold 7 toys. How much money did Tom make?
5 x 7 = $35
Maci brought 14 cookies to school. She wanted to give each of her 7 friends the same amount of cookies. How many cookies did each friend have?
14 ÷ 7 = 2 cookies
Mary had to make a dinner for 12 guests. Each guest needed to have 3 plates of food. If each guest gets the same number of plates of food, how many guests are there?
12 ÷ 3 = 4 guests
Alex had to sort out his trophies. He had 28 different trophies. He had to put them in 4 different bins. He had a soccer, football, basketball, and hockey bin. If each bin got the same number of trophies in it, how many trophies were in each bin?
28 ÷ 4 = 7
Annie decided to do some of her chores. She makes 3 dollars for every chore she completes. She completed 9 chores this week. How much money did she make?
3 x 9 = $27
Bristol was playing basketball. She made 16 shots. Each shot was worth 3-points. How many total points did she make?
16 x 3 = 48 points
Charles wanted to collect all the ants he found at the park for his ant farm. Their were 4 ant hills. Each ant hill had 120 ants in it. How many ants did Charles collect?
120 x 4 = 480 ants
The lunch lady had to give out 42 students their lunch. Each student got 6 things. How many students did the lunch lady give food out to?
42 ÷ 6 = 7 students
In a game of Alien Cyborg, a player gets 11 points for every alien they capture. Cole was playing the game and capture 7 aliens. How many points did Cole get?
11 x 7 = 77 points
Weekends are the busiest time for Antonio's Pizzeria. Every Saturday the restaurant is packed with people. The restaurant had 120 tables in it. 6 people were sitting at each table. How many total people were at the restaurant?
120 x 6 = 612 people
Melissa's mom cut her Birthday cake into 56 slices. All the slices of cake needed to be given out to the guests. There were 9 guests and each of the guests needed the same number of cake slices. How many cake slices did each guest get?
56 ÷ 9 = 6 slices of cake each
132 ÷ 3 = 44 students in each group
The movie theatre just released a new Jurassic Park. 144 people went to see the movie. The movie theatre had 6 rooms which were playing the movie and needed the people to be split up evenly in them. How many people would be in each room?
144 ÷ 6 = 24 people
The Dragon's school had 23 classrooms in it. Each classroom had 17 dragon students in it. How many total dragons were at school?
23 x 17 = 391 dragons
Maci decided she was going to reorganize her room. She found 96 random items in her room. She wanted to put these items away in her bins. She had 6 bins and she wanted an equal number of items to go in each bin. How many items would each bin get?
96 ÷ 6 = 16 items in each bin