Multiplication Word Problems
A bakery makes 8 kinds of pastry. A coffee shop ordered 10 of each kind of pastry. How many pastries in total did the coffee shop order?
80 pastries
A nursery has 6 flowers to plant. If they can put 3 flowers in each pot, how many pots will the nursery need?
2 pots
Ms. Hall loves to buy flowers. She buys vases of flowers with 12 in each vase. In October she bought 27 vases and in November she bought 34 vases. How many flowers did she buy in October and November combined?
732
Austin sailed his boat 62 miles from the Bonner Bridge to Nags Head on Saturday, then another 39 miles to Corolla on Sunday. About how many total miles did Austin sail?
100
Tim bought 9 giant cookies, each of which cost $4. How much money did Tim spend?
$36
Mark hiked 70 miles in the past 7 days. He hiked the same distance every day. How many miles did Mark hike each day?
10 miles
Find the quotient: 713 / 23
31
Virginia has a total area of 39,394 square miles. Maryland has a total area of 9,774 square miles. How much larger is the total are of Virginia than Maryland?
29,620 miles
The school puts 9 playground balls in each box. How many playground balls will there be in 6 boxes?
54
It takes 4 stamps to mail a package. If Joe has 36 stamps, how many packages can he mail?
9
Mrs. Hinson is reading a book that has 937 pages. If she reads 25 pages each day, how many days will it take her to finish reading the book?
38
Brent caught a total of 3,605 pounds of tuna on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. He caught 1,587 pounds of tuna on Monday. He caught 1,804 pounds of tuna on Tuesday. How many pounds did he catch on Wednesday?
214
A teacher has 7 boxes of markers. Each box has 9 markers. How many markers does the teacher have?
63
For his model railroad, Andrew used 42 cars to make 7 trains. Each train had the same number of cars. How many cars are in each train?
6 cars
The school needs new printers and Smart Boards. They are buying 20 new printers and 60 new Smart Boards. If the printers cost $200, and the Smart Boards cost $900, what is the cost of the printers and the Smart boards combined?
58,000
Ms. Hall was buying supplies for a science experiment. She needed 4 packages of straws with 45 in each package.
180
Zoe did 6 sets of sit-ups. She did 12 sit-ups in each set. How many sit-ups did Zoe do in total?
72
Nate's school hung up 161 banners in the gym. They distributed the banners in 7 even rows. How many banners are in each row?
23
So far this year, 28 classes at Mary Williams Elementary have used the restroom 3,825 times. If each class used the restroom the same number of times, how many times has each class used the restroom?
137 (136.6, 136 with a remainder)
There are 264 apples to be packed into bags. Each bag holds 15 apples. How many bags will be completely filled?
17