Multiplication and Division Word Problems
Mae is selling cookies for $4 a box. If she sells 8 boxes, how much money will Mae earn?
$32
The farm is 9 ft long and 10 ft across. What is the area of the farm?
90 feet
Amy wants to put a border around her entire front door for the holiday season. If the width of the door is 4 ft and the length is 8 ft, what is the perimeter?
24 feet
Bailey measures one side of a square window in her room and finds it measures 3 ft. What is the width of the window if she knows the area is 9 square ft?
3 feet
The area of a rectangular chalk drawing on the ground is 42 square cm. If the width is measured at 7 cm, what is the length of the drawing?
6 cm
The bike store has 6 tricycles to sell. How many wheels are there in all? (Hint: 1 tricycle = 3 wheels)
18 wheels
The old microwave was 8 inches wide and 9 inches long. What was the area of the microwave?
72 inches
There is a small park behind Andy’s house that is 10 ft across and 12 ft long. What is the perimeter of the park?
44 feet
Derrick is painting a wall in his bedroom and the area is 28 square ft. If one side of the wall measures 4 ft, what is the length of other side?
7 feet
An envelope has a perimeter of 10 inches. If one side measures 3 inches, how long is the length?
2 inches
Scruffy the dog went on 4 walks each day. How many walks does Scruffy go on in 9 days?
36 walks
Jamie just got a new square pool in his backyard. One side measures 7 feet long. What is the area of his pool?
49 feet
Maxine cut out some fabric to make a scarf. The piece was 4 inches wide and 6 inches long. What is the perimeter?
20 feet
The wrapping paper Mrs. Johnson is using measures 34 inches when you add up all four sides. If one side measures 9 inches, how many inches wide is the paper?
8 inches
A piece of wood has a perimeter of 14 inches. If it is only 2 inches in length, what is the width of the wood?
5 inches
Jenna has 18 movies in her collection. If she watches 2 movies per day, how long will it take her to watch all of her movies?
9 days
Mariah uses a ruler to measure how much space she has to write on her paper. The length measures 11 inches and the width is 8 inches. What is the area of the paper?
88 inches
Reagan has a piece of paper that measures 6 inches in length and 8 inches in width. What is the perimeter of the paper?
28 inches
A technician measures the perimeter of a bowling alley lane and finds it to be 20 ft. If the width of the lane is 2 ft, how long is the length?
8 feet
A rectangular flower bed has an area of 21 square meters. If one side measures 3 meters, what is the length of the missing side?
7 meters
Harold had 16 toy cars. He had four little toy garages. If he put the same number of cards in each garage, how many toy cars were in each garage?
4 cars
Mariah measures her desk with a ruler to see what the area is. She measures one side and gets 12 inches. She measures another side and gets 10 inches. What is the area of her desk?
120 inches
The woods behind the school are 12 ft long and 11 ft wide. What is the perimeter of the woods?
46 feet
A field of flowers has a length of 8 yards and a total perimeter of 48 yards. What is the width of the field?
6 yards
Jackson has two notebooks. The first notebook is 5 inches in length and 11 inches in width. The second notebook is 10 inches in width and 6 inches wide. Do they have the same area or the same perimeter?
They have the same perimeter.