Numeracy

Multiplication Word Problems #1 

1. Ellen went to a garage sale to buy chairs. Each chair cost 15 dollars. How much money did Ellen spend for the 12 chairs she bought?

2. Three-toed sloths have four legs. How many toes would 25 sloths have?

3. Albert has two snakes. The garden snake is 10 inches long. The boa constrictor is 7 times longer than the garden snake. How long is the boa constrictor?

4. Albert’s cabbage patch has 12 rows of cabbage. In each row, there are 15 heads of cabbage. How many heads of cabbage does Albert have in all?

5. Marie can bike at a speed of 12 miles an hour. How far can she bike in 31 hours?

6. Tammy drove 55 miles in one hour. At that rate, how far can she drive in 36 hours?

7. Jeff swims 20 laps every day. How many laps will he swim in six weeks?

8. Mary Beth could jump 42 times each minute. How many times could she jump in two hours?

9. Rob could run 7 miles in one hour. At that rate, how far could Rob run in one day?

10. It takes 4 apples to make 1 pie. How many apples does it take to make 504 pies?

Mixed Word problems

1. Ellen had 2,080 Legos, but she lost 17 Legos. How many Legos does she have now?

2. Arthur baked 115 muffins. James baked 12 times as many. How many muffins did James bake?

 3. There are 14,240 books in a library. They are arranged on shelves that hold 8 books each. How many shelves are in the library?

 4. Willy has 1,850 crayons. Lucy has 739 crayons. How many more crayons does Willy have than Lucy?

5. Brad has 10,000 balloons. 626 of them are red and the rest are green. How many green balloons does Brad have?

6. Robin has 3 packages of gum. There are 18 pieces in each package. How many pieces of gum does Robin have?

7. 21 people are going to the zoo. There are 3 vans to take people to the zoo. How many will go in each van if the same number go in each van and all of the people go to the zoo?

8. I have 54 cents to buy candy. If each piece of bulk candy costs 3 cents, how many gumdrops can I buy?

9. Maggi had 3 packages of cupcakes. There are 4 cupcakes in each package. She ate 5 cupcakes. How many are left?

10. 19 children take a minibus to the zoo. They are to sit 2 or 3 to a seat. There are 7 seats. How many seats will have 3 children seated on them?