Story problems!
Multiplication and division
Area
100

The Game Store just got 50 new video games. Devon is putting the games into stacks of 5. How many stacks can he make if he uses all 50 games?

10 stacks 

100

30 ÷ _____ = 10

3

100

How do I find area?

Length x width 

200

The Game Store has 7 stacks of board games for little kids. If there are 5 board games in each stack, how many board games is that in all?

35 board games 

200

_____ × 8 = 40

5

200

What is the area?

Length= 10 inches 

Width= 5 inches 

50 square inches

300

The librarian just got 28 new books. She is planning to put 7 of the new books on each shelf in her book rack. How many shelves of new books can she make?

4 shelves 

300

35 = 5 × _____

7

300

What is the area?

Length= 9 inches 

Width= 9 inches 

81 square inches 

400

Sara measured the rug in her bedroom. It was 3 feet wide and 5 feet long. What equation would Sara use to find the area of her rug?

3x5=a

400

9 × 8 = ____

72

400

What is the area?

Length= 8 inches 

Width= 7 inches 

56 square inches 

500

 The Game Store got 5 cartons of jigsaw puzzles. There were 6 puzzles in each carton. Devon unpacked all the puzzles and arranged them into 3 equal stacks. How many puzzles in each stack?

What equation would you use to solve this problem?

(5x6)÷3=p

500

9 = _____ ÷ 4

36

500

What is the area?

Length= 6 inches 

Width= 8 inches 

48 square inches