2. Multiplication Word Problems

3. 1.Draw a picture to solve. 2.Then write a number sentence for each word problem.

4. 1. Blair bought 2 bags of potatoes. Each bag contains 8 potatoes. How many potatoes are there altogether?

5. X X 2 x 8 = 16

6. 2. The mechanic worked on 2 oil changes. Each oil change required 5 quarts of oil. How many total quarts of oil did the mechanic use?

7. X X X X X X X X 2 x 5 = 10

8. 3. Farmer Pete filled 3 baskets with pumpkins. Each basket held 5 pumpkins. What is the total number of pumpkins in the baskets?

9. X X X X X X X X X X X X 3 x 5= 15

10. 4. The Easter Bunny painted 2 boxes of Easter eggs. There are 6 eggs per box. How many eggs did the Easter Bunny paint altogether?

11. X X X 2 x 6 = 12

12. 5. Yuri ordered 3 pizzas. Each pizza was divided into 8 slices. How many slices of pizza did she order?

13. XXXX 3 x 8 = 24

14. 6. Three boys were holding one bag of oranges. Each bag has 6 oranges. How many oranges will the boys have in all?

15. XXX 3 x 6 = 18

16. 7. The Boy Scouts hiked 7 miles on Friday, 7 miles on Saturday, and 7 miles on Sunday. How many miles did the Boy Scout hike?

17. XXX X XXX X XXX X 3 x 7 = 21

18. 8. Martha baked 4 batches of chocolate chip cookies. Each batch had 9 cookies. How many total cookies did she bake?

19. XXXX XXX XX XXXX XXX XX XXXX XXX XX XXXX XXX XX 4 x 9 = 36

20. Multiplication or Addition

21. Remember… In order to do multiplication… EQUAL you must have EQUAL groups!!!!!

22. 9. Kelly went shopping with 6 dollars. Harsha went shopping with 8 dollars. Yvonne went shopping with 5 dollars. How much money did the children have together? x or +

23. + 685 6 + 8 + 5 = 19

24. 10. Cathy and Valerie love their mother’s homemade rolls. They both eat 4 rolls each. How many rolls did they eat in all? x or +

25. x XX 2 x 4 = 8

26. 11. Dad and his 2 best friends went golfing. Each man took 9 golf balls. How many golf balls did the men take altogether? x or +

27. x XXX XXX XXX 3 x 9 = 27

28. 12. Harry added 4 new baseball cards to his collection. Terry added 6 new baseball cards to his collection. How many new baseball cards did the boys add to their collections. x or +

29. + 4 6 4 + 6 = 10

30. 13. Yesterday, Henrietta Hen laid 7 eggs. Hazel Hen laid 8 eggs. How many eggs did the hens lay yesterday? x or +

31. + 78 7 + 8 = 15

32. 14. Nana Suzanne gave Whitney, Lauren, and Dalton each 5 dollars for ice cream. What was the total amount of money Nana Suzanne give the children? x or +

33. x 555 3 x 5 = 15

34. 15. Russell Used Auto Sales needs to order new tires for 7 used cars. How many new tires will they need to order? x or +

35. x 444 44 44 7 x 4 = 28

36. 16. Rusty bought cool new pencils for school. He bought 5 packages. There are 4 pencils in each package. What is the total number of pencils Rusty purchased? x or +

37. x 4 4 4 4 4 5 x 4 = 20

38. 17. Rusty also bought 2 packages of erasers. There were 6 in the blue package and 8 in the red package. What is the total number of erasers Rusty purchased? x or +

39. + 68 6 + 8 = 14

40. Finally, 18. Four seagulls caught 2 fish each. How many fish did they caught together? x or +

41. x 2 22 2 4 x 2 = 8

42. Practice makes perfect! So…. are you feeling perfect and ready for a quiz?