Solving Multi-Step Word Problems: Multiplication & Division

A farmer has 24 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes that hold 6 apples each. How many boxes does he need? If he has 3 boxes, how many apples will be left over?

• 6 apples

• 8 apples

• 4 apples

• 2 apples

Sarah has 48 candies. She wants to share them equally among her 8 friends. How many candies will each friend get? If Sarah decides to keep 4 candies for herself, how many will she have left?

• Each friend gets 6 candies, and Sarah has 44 candies left.

• Each friend gets 8 candies, and Sarah has 36 candies left.

• Each friend gets 7 candies, and Sarah has 42 candies left.

• Each friend gets 5 candies, and Sarah has 40 candies left.

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed? If 2 buses are already booked, how many more are needed?

• 4

• 2

• 5

• 3

Tom bought 5 packs of stickers. Each pack contains 12 stickers. How many stickers does he have in total? If he gives away 18 stickers, how many does he have left?

• 42

• 24

• 30

• 54

A bakery made 150 cookies. They sold 3/5 of them in the morning. How many cookies were sold? How many cookies are left at the bakery?

• 60 cookies sold, 90 cookies left

• 90 cookies sold, 60 cookies left

• 75 cookies sold, 75 cookies left

• 100 cookies sold, 50 cookies left

Lisa has 36 marbles. She wants to put them into bags with 9 marbles in each bag. How many bags will she need? If she finds 5 more marbles, how many bags will she need now?

• 7 bags

• 5 bags

• 6 bags

• 4 bags

A toy store has 80 toys. If they sell 25 toys in one day and receive a shipment of 40 new toys, how many toys do they have now?

• 95

• 70

• 85

• 100

A gardener planted 45 flowers in 5 rows. If each row has the same number of flowers, how many flowers are in each row? If 10 flowers die, how many are left?

• 35

• 40

• 25

• 30

A library has 240 books. If they donate 1/4 of the books to a local school, how many books are donated? How many books remain in the library?

• 60 books donated, 180 books remain in the library.

• 30 books donated, 210 books remain in the library.

• 80 books donated, 160 books remain in the library.

• 50 books donated, 190 books remain in the library.

A pizza shop made 60 pizzas for a party. If each table can hold 10 pizzas, how many tables are needed? If 3 tables are already set up, how many more tables do they need?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5