MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF WHOLE NUMBERS WORD PROBLEMS

Problem 1 :

Tim brought 9 six-packs of soda to a club party. How many cans of soda did Tim bring?                 Solution

Problem 2 :

Kathryn bought 8 flats of impatiens for her flower bed. Each flat has 24 flowers. How many flowers did Kathryn buy?

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Problem 3 :

Stephanie is making punch for a party. The recipe calls for twice as much fruit juice as club soda. If she uses 10 cups of club soda, how much fruit juice should she use?

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Problem 4 :

Andrea is making potato salad for a buffet luncheon. The recipe says the number of servings of potato salad will be twice the number of pounds of potatoes. If she buys 30 pounds of potatoes, how many servings of potato salad will there be?             Solution

Problem 5 :

The meeting room in a senior center is rectangular, with length 42 feet and width 34 feet. What is the area of the meeting room?                 Solution

Problem 6 :

According to NCAA regulations, the dimensions of a rectangular football field must be 360 feet by 160 feet. What is the area of the football field?               Solution

Problem 7 :

Javier owns 300 shares of stock in one company. On Tuesday, the stock price rose $12 per share. How much money did Javier’s portfolio gain?               Solution

Problem 8 :

Carlton got a $200 raise in each paycheck. He gets paid 24 times a year. How much higher is his new annual salary?

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Problem 9 :

There are 28 classrooms at Anna C. Scott elementary school. Each classroom has 26 student desks. What is the total number of student desks?            Solution

Problem 10 :

Shawnte bought a rug for the hall of her apartment. The rug is 3 feet wide by 18 feet long. What is the area of the rug?

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Problem 11 :

A vendor supplies 32 litres of milk to a hotel in the morning and 68 litres of milk in the evening. If the milk costs 1.5 per litre, how much money is due to the vendor per day?

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Problem 12 :

A taxidriver filled his car petrol tank with 40 litres of petrol on Monday. The next day, he filled the tank with 50 litres of petrol. If the petrol costs $4.4 per litre, how much did he spend in all on petrol?

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Problem 13 :

Raven is asked to check the answer to the multiplication problem below. Which number sentence could she use to check her answer?

23 x 452 = 10396

a)  23 + 452 = 475     b)  452 - 23 = 429

c)  10396 x 23 = 452      d)  10396 ÷ 23 = 452

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Problem 14 :

The menu below shows the prices at Lunchtime Café. Lucita orders a turkey sandwich and two fruit cups. What expression should she use to determine the cost of her meal?

a)  4.50 + (2 x 2.50)     b)  4.50 + 2.50     c)  2.50 + (2 x 4.50)

d)  2.50 x 4.50

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Problem 15 :

Each student in fifth grade donates 4 cans of 14 food to the food bank. There are 285 fifth-grade students. Which of the following shows the number of cans donated and the correct justification for the number?

a) 71 because 285 divided by 4 is approximately 71

b)  289 because 285 plus 4 is 289

c) 1,120 because 280 times 4 is 1,120

d) 1,140 because 285 times 4 is 1,140

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Division of Whole Numbers

Problem 1 :

Ric bought 64 ounces of trail mix. He wants to divide it into small bags, with 2 ounces of trail mix in each bag. How many bags can Ric fill?             Solution

Problem 2 :

Melissa’s flower shop got a shipment of 152 roses. She wants to make bouquets of 8 roses each. How many bouquets can Melissa make?           Solution

Problem 3 :

Evie bought a 42 ounce box of crackers. She wants to divide it into bags with 3 ounces of crackers in each bag. How many bags can Evie fill?           Solution

Problem 4 :

One roll of plastic wrap is 48 feet long. Marta uses 3 feet of plastic wrap to wrap each cake she bakes. How many cakes can she wrap from one roll?           Solution

Problem 5 :

There are 125 students in an astronomy class. The professor assigns them into groups of 5. How many groups of students are there?           Solution

Problem 6 :

One package of dental floss is 54 feet long. Brian uses 2 feet of dental floss every day. How many days will one package of dental floss last Brian?           Solution

Problem 7 :

The bar graph shows the attendance at a three-day art festival.

a. What is the total attendance for the art festival?

b. What is the increase in attendance from Day 1 to Day 2?

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Problem 8 :

A school lunch contains 12 chicken nuggets. Ninety-five students buy the lunch. What is the total number of chicken nuggets served?

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Problem 9 :

You make 24 equal payments for a go-kart. You pay a total of $840. How much is each payment?

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Problem 10 :

A 301-foot-high swing at an amusement park can take 64 people on each ride. A total of 8983 people ride the swing today. All the rides are full except for the last ride. How many rides are given? How many people are on the last ride?

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Problem 11 :

The bar graph shows the attendance at a food festival. Write an expression you can use to answer the question. Then fi nd the value of your expression.

a) What is the total attendance at the food festival from 2010 to 2013?

b) How many more people attended the food festival in 2012 than in 2011?

c) How many times more people attended the food festival in 2013 than in 2010?

d) The festival projects that the total attendance for 2014 will be twice the attendance in 2012. What is the projected attendance for 2014?word-problems-on-whole-numbers-q2.png

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