SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS WITH MULTIPLICATION WORKSHEET

Use a strategy of your choice to solve each problem.

Problem 1 :

The library has 5 mystery books on a shelf. It has 4 times as many fiction books on another shelf. How many fiction books are on the shelf?

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Problem 2 :

Paul runs 2 laps around the gym. Carrie runs 6 times as many laps as Paul. How many laps does Carrie run?

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Problem 3 :

Violet has 3 markers. She has 6 times as many colored pencils as markers. How many colored pencils does she have?

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Problem 4 :

Owen draws 7 comics in April. He draws 3 times as many comics in May. How many comics does Owen draw in May?

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Problem 5 :

Tasha used 8 tomatoes to make salsa. She used 4 times as many tomatoes to make sauce. How many tomatoes did Tasha use to make sauce?

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Problem 6 :

There are 7 pear trees on a farm. There are 7 times as many apple trees as pear trees. How many apple trees are on the farm?

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Problem 1 :

Mr. Brown has 9 mirrors.

Each mirror has 9 sides.

How many sides do the mirrors have in all?

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Problem 2 :

Pencils are given to 4 children.

Each child has 6 pencils.

How many pencils do the children have in all?

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Problem 3 :

Andi has nine dolls.

Each doll costs $6.

How much do the nine dolls cost in all?

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Problem 4 :

Tim has 8 pieces of wood.

He saws each piece into 5 smaller pieces.

He then packs them equally into 4 bundles.

How many pieces of wood does each bundles have?

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Problem 5 :

There are 51 children at a party.

A clown brings some balloons to the party.

He bursts 15 balloons while trying to inflate them.

How many balloons does he bring if each child receive 3 balloons?

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Problem 6 :

Lynn has 4 times as many trading cards as Linda. Linda has 4 trading cards. How many trading cards do they have in all?

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Problem 7 :

Linda shares 24 trading cards equally among 4 girls. How many trading cards does each girl receive?

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Problem 8 :

Linda has 6 packs of trading cards. There are 8 trading cards in each pack. How many trading cards are there in all?

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Problem 9:

Linda has 24 trading cards. She packs them into 6 packs equally. How many trading cards does each pack have?

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Problem 10 :

Chloe has 3 boxes of hair clips.

Each box has 12 hair clips.

How many hair clips does Chloe have in all?

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Problem 11 :

Josie has 4 black T-shirts. She has 3 times as many white as black T-shirts. How many T-shirts does she have in all?

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Problem 1 :

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

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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?

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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?

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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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