Coach 3 Multiplication Word Problems

32 students lined up in rows for a photo. Choose the equation that best matches the array.

• 8x8

• 4x8

• 4x4

• 3x8

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Ms. Finn needs to cover her bulletin board with 20 square feet of felt. 

Pick two equations that will help Ms. Finn cut the right the length and width of felt.

• 10 x ? = 200

• 4 x 8 = ?

• ? x 5 = 25

• 2 x ? = 20

• 4 x 5 = ?

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Fancy Clancy bought 5 books of stickers.

There are 13 stickers in each book.

How many stickers are in the books in all?

5 x 13 = ___

• 65

• 63

• 53

• 18

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Mrs. Ferrell baked 9 pans of muffins.

Each pan has 9 muffins.

How many muffins did Mrs. Ferrell bake in all?

• 99

• 81

• 18

• 0

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There are 11 lemons in a small box. 

A large box has 4 times as many lemons as the small box.

How many lemons are in the large box?

• 44

• 40

• 15

• 7

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Pick two choices that match the model.

• Andre could put the same number of rocks in 2 piles of 12 rocks.

• Andre could sort his rocks evenly into 6 piles.

• Andre could put that same number of rocks in 2 rows with 11 rocks in each row.

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Mrs. Timney made a fence.

She used 6 of the metal bars shown below. 

What is the total width of her fence?

• 65 feet

• 30 feet

• 11 feet

• 10 feet

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Kent's uncle picked 14 pumpkins from his garden.

He shared them with his 2 nephews.

How many pumpkins did each of his nephews receive?

• 6

• 7

• 12

• 16

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Which math story cannot be solved with the equation?

• I evenly place 30 stickers in my book.

  There are 10 pages for stickers.

  How many stickers can I put on each page? 

  30 x 10 = ___

• The rectangle carpet in my room is 4 units wide.

  It is 10 units long.

  How many squares units of carpet cover my room?

  ___ = 4 x 10

• My sister is twice as old as me.

  I am 8 years old.

  How old is my sister?

  2 x 8 = ____

• I evenly placed my 40 cans on my 5 shelves.

  How many shelves did I use? 

  ___ x 5 = 40

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Mrs. Revis has 4 flowerpots.

She plants some tulips in each flowerpot.

She planted 32 flowers in all.

What number completes the equation?

• 2

• 4

• 7

• 8

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