Mastering Multiplication & Division from Word Problems

A farmer has 5 rows of apple trees. Each row has 8 trees. How many apple trees does the farmer have in total? Create a multiplication equation to represent this situation.

• 36

• 32

• 40

• 48

Sarah has 48 candies that she wants to share equally among her 6 friends. How many candies will each friend receive? Create a division equation to solve this problem.

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

A box contains 7 packs of markers. Each pack has 12 markers. How many markers are there in total? Write a multiplication equation to find the answer.

• 84 markers

• 72 markers

• 60 markers

• 96 markers

Tom read 36 pages of his book in 4 days. If he read the same number of pages each day, how many pages did he read per day? Create a division equation to represent this situation.

• 15

• 9

• 12

• 6

A bakery sells 9 types of cookies. If each type has 15 cookies, how many cookies are there in total? Write a multiplication equation to solve this problem.

• 120 cookies

• 135 cookies

• 90 cookies

• 150 cookies

Lisa has 60 stickers and wants to put them into 5 albums equally. How many stickers will go in each album? Create a division equation to find the answer.

• 10

• 12

• 20

• 15

A school has 4 classes with 25 students in each class. How many students are there in total? Write a multiplication equation to represent this situation.

• 75

• 50

• 100

• 125

A gardener planted 72 flowers in 8 rows. If each row has the same number of flowers, how many flowers are in each row? Create a division equation to solve this problem.

• 8

• 10

• 9

• 6

A toy store has 6 shelves, and each shelf holds 20 toys. How many toys are there in total? Write a multiplication equation to find the answer.

• 100 toys

• 140 toys

• 80 toys

• 120 toys

Emma has 90 marbles and wants to divide them into bags of 10 marbles each. How many bags can she fill? Create a division equation to represent this situation.

• 8

• 7

• 10

• 9