Area
Word Problems about Equal Groups
Solving two step word problems
All the things
100

What is the area of a shape that is 3 feet wide by 6 feet long? 

18

100

A store has 24 saltwater fish. The store has 4 tanks for the fish. Each tank has an equal number of fish. How many fish are in each tank? 

6 fish 

100

Mrs. Coleman bakes 144 muffins for a bake sale. Then she bakes 36 more muffins. How many muffins does she bake in all? 

36

100

What is Ms. O'Connor's favorite thing to drink?

COFFEE

200

What would a rectangle with an area of 20 look like? 

4 x 5

5 x 4

10 x 2

2 x 10 

200

24 students sign up for an Irish folk dancing class. There are 4 students in each group. How many groups are there? 

6 groups 

200

Joey has 4 five-dollar bills. Then his grandfather gives him 1 ten-dollar bill. How much money does Joey have now? 

$30 

200

Loren has 4 vases of flowers. Each vase contains 8 flowers. How many flowers are there in all? 

32 flowers

300

Sam is covering a square part of his yard with bricks. The square part has a length of 10 feet. How many square feet of his yard will Sam cover with bricks? 

100

300

A clothing store uses stacking crates for storing jeans. The manager orders 42 crates. Six crates will fit in one row along the wall. How many rows of crates will there be? 

7 rows of crates 

300

A store has 4 baskets of soccer balls with 8 balls in each basket. They sell 10 balls. How many balls are left? 

22

300

Kenny planted 222 flowers last week. This week he planted 65 more flowers than last week. How many flowers did he plant in all? 

509 flowers

400

What is the area of a shape that is 7 square units by 4 square units? 

28 square units 

400

In the art room there are 20 easels. The easels are arranged in 4 equal rows. How many easels are in each row? 

5

400

Vegetable plants are sold in packs of 4. A container holds 2 packs of plants. There are 10 containers on one shelf. How many plants are on the shelf? 

80 plants 

400

There are 28 students signed up for art camp. Today, 8 students are not there. The students who are at camp today are put into groups of 4. How many groups are there? 

5

500

The area of a rectangle patio is 24 square yards. Which measurements could be the length and width of the patio? 


6 by 4

4 by 6 

500

Mrs. Milton tiles her patio floor with 1-square-foot tiles. The floor has an are of 21 square feet. She makes 3 equal rows of tiles. How many tiles are in each row? 

7

500

Third graders at Pinecrest Idaho are raising money for the school library. The goal is to raise $250. They raise $9 each day for 8 days in a row. How much more money is needed to reach the goal? 

$178 

500

Kareem's rectangular garden is divided into two parts that are the same size. How many square feet is the total area of the garden? 


Look at Ms. O'Connor's drawing 

48 feet