1-2 Step Multiplication Division Word Problems

Jasmine feeds her cat 1/4 cup of food each day. There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag. How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 24

• 1 and 1/2

• 5 and 3/4

• 1/24

Erin wants to buy a dictionary that costs $12, a dinosaur book that costs $16, and a children's cookbook that costs $11. She has saved $29 from her allowance. How much more money does Erin need to buy all three books?

• $68 total

• $10 more

• $39 more

• $39 total

For breakfast, Joe bought a muffin for $1.60 and a cup of coffee for $0.55. For lunch, Joe had soup, a salad, and lemonade. The soup cost $2.75, the salad cost $7.85, and the lemonade cost $0.65. How much more money did Joe spend on lunch than on breakfast?

• $13.40

• $11.25

• $9.10

• $2.15

A business printed 225 books on Friday. Each book had 350 pages. How many pages did the business print on Friday?

• 125

• 350

• 1900

• 78,750

Mrs. Romero is purchasing cap erasers to refill her community supply caddies. She buys 6 packs of 44 erasers each. She has 8 supply caddies in her classroom. If she divides the erasers equally, how many erasers will go in each caddy?

• 30 erasers

• 31 erasers

• 32 erasers

• 33 erasers

Kenzie has 20 photos of dogs and 30 photos of cats. She displayed an equal number of them on 10 posters for a fund raiser for an animal shelter. How many photos were on each poster?

• 5

• 150

• 60

• 20

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bought 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get?

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

Ned poured 38 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

• 6 and 1/3

• 228

• 32

• 44

Ned poured 138 gallons of water into 6 buckets. He poured the same amount into each bucket. How much water did Ned pour into each bucket?

Coach bought 5 buckets of baseballs at the start of the season. Each bucket had 16 baseballs.

Coach divided the baseballs equally among 8 players.

How many baseballs did each player get?

• 80

• 10

• 29

• 128