Word Problems

Multiplication

100

There are 3 bags with 4 apples in each bag.
How many apples are there in total?

12

200

A classroom has 6 tables. Each table has 5 chairs.
How many chairs are there?

30

300

Each box has 8 crayons. There are 7 boxes.
How many crayons are there in all?

56

Division

100

12 cookies are shared equally among 3 kids.
How many cookies does each kid get?

4

200

40 pencils are placed into 5 boxes equally.
How many pencils are in each box?

8

300

63 students are put into groups of 7.
How many groups are there?

9

Two Steps

100

There are 4 bags with 5 marbles in each bag. Then 6 more marbles are added.
How many marbles are there now?

26

200

A teacher has 30 pencils. She gives 10 away, then shares the rest equally among 5 students.
How many pencils does each student get?
Answer: 30 − 10 = 20, 20 ÷ 5 = 4

 4

300

There are 6 boxes with 7 books in each. Then 8 books are taken away.
How many books are left?

34

Area

100

A rectangle is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide.
What is the area?

12 square feet

200

A garden is 6 meters long and 5 meters wide.
What is the area?

30 square meters

300

A yard has two sections:

• One is 5 ft × 4 ft
• The other is 3 ft × 4 ft
  What is the total area?

32 square feet

Add/Sub

100

Liam has 15 candies. He eats 5.
How many are left?

10

200

There are 28 birds on a tree. 12 fly away.
How many birds are left?

16

300

A store had 45 apples. They got 20 more apples, then sold 18.
How many apples are left?

47