Math Word Problems ESL 5th | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? Victor had 861 marbles he's putting into bags with 25 in each bag. How many marbles will he have in the bag that isn't full?

Division

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? A company had 41 employees and ordered 980 uniforms for them. If they wanted to give each employee the same number of uniforms, how many more uniforms should they order so they don't have any extra?

Divison

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? Jerry is trying to earn 209 dollars for some new video games. If he charges 47 dollars to mow a lawn, how many lawns will he need to mow to earn the money?

Division

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? A school bought 840 boxes of computer paper for the computer lab. Each box had 463 sheets of paper inside it. How much paper did they buy total?

Multiplication

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? A farmer has 419 rows of corn. If he can get 573 ears of corn from each row, how many ears of corn would he have total?

Multiplication

MULTIPLICATION OR DIVISION? A pizza chain uses 651 grams of cheese on their pizzas. If they sold 905 pizzas, how many grams would they have used?

Multiplication

At the carnival, six friends bought thirty-seven tickets. If they wanted to split all the tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many more tickets would they need to buy?

37 ÷ 6 = 6 r1

A recycling company had seventy-four pounds of material to sort. To make it easier they split them into boxes with each full box having eight pounds, how many full boxes did they have?

74 ÷ 8 = 9 r2

A pizza store had fifty-two pieces of pepperoni to put on their pizzas. If each pizza got nine pieces, how many extra pieces of pepperoni would they have?

52 ÷ 9 = 5 r7

A container can hold four orange slices. If a company had twenty-one orange slices to put into containers, how many more slices would they need to fill up the last container?

21 ÷ 4 = 5 r1

Henry's dad bought forty-five meters of string. If he wanted to cut the string into pieces with each piece being seven meters long, how many full sized pieces could he make?

45 ÷ 7 = 6 r3

At the fair the roller coaster can hold twelve people total. If each car has three seats, how many cars are there?

12 / 3 = 4

Bianca had to complete ten homework problems. If each page has two problems on it, how many pages does she have to complete?

10 / 2 = 5

Janet uploaded forty-five pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into five albums with the same number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album?

45 / 5 = 9

Amy had sixteen video games. If she put them into stacks with four in each stack, how many stacks could she make?

16 / 4 = 4

For the new school year Gwen's mom bought fifteen glue sticks. If each class needs three glue sticks, how many classes does Gwen have?

15 / 3 = 5

For Halloween Adam received sixteen pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with eight in each pile, how many piles could he make?

16 / 8 = 2

A chef can cook eight meals in a minute. If he cooked sixteen meals, how long did it take him?

16 / 8 = 2

There are fifty-six students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows with seven students in each row, how many rows could he make?

56 / 7 = 8

A pet store had eighteen snakes. They had the snakes in cages with two snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

18 / 2 = 9

While playing basketball Team A scored sixteen points. If each person scored four points, how many people were playing?

16 / 4 = 4

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has twenty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

25 / 5 = 5

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

12 / 2 = 6

A pet store sold two cats. They sold six times as many dogs as they sold cats. How many dogs did they sell?

12

A restaurant sold nine salads and forty-five steaks. How many times as many steaks did they sell as salads?

5

A restaurant sold eight times as many salads as they sold steaks. If they sold four steaks, how many salads did they sell?

32

There were twenty-one adults in line at a movie theater. That is three times the number of children in line. How many children were in line?

7

A library checks out four fiction books and two non-fiction books an hour. How many times more fiction books do they check out than non-fiction books?

2

Jerry was reading through his favorite book series. Each week he read nine different books. How many books would he have read through after two weeks?

9 x 2 = 18

Will could fit five action figures on each shelf in his room. His room has eight shelves. How many action figures total could his shelves hold?

5 x 8 = 40

Nancy was placing her spare change into stacks. Each stack had two coins. If she had five stacks, how many coins did she have?

2 x 5 = 10

A delivery driver had to make seven more stops on his route. At each stop he had to drop off eight boxes. How many boxes does he have?

8 x 7 = 56

At the carnival there are nine students selling tickets. If each student sells seven tickets, how many tickets would be sold all together?

7 x 9 = 63

John was packing up his old toys. He managed to squeeze eight toys into a box. If John filled up two boxes, how many toys did he pack total?

2 x 8 = 16

Vanessa was practicing drawing pictures. Each day she drew for seven hours. How many hours would she have practiced after five days?

7 x 5 = 35

Kaleb was placing his spare change into stacks. Each stack had five coins. If he had three stacks, how many coins did he have all together?

3 x 5 = 15

A chef can cook two meals in a minute. How many meals could he cook in eight minutes?

2 x 8 = 16

There were five people in line waiting for movie tickets. If each of the tickets costs six dollars, how much money would be spent?

5 x 6 = 30

Haley had to complete six pages of homework. Each page had six problems on it. How many problems did she have to complete total?

6 x 6 = 36

A contractor was buying wall outlets for a new house he was building. Each room needed nine outlets. If the house has three rooms, how many outlets does he need total?

9 x 3 = 27