Multiply and Divide Word Problems

5th Gradeβ€’35 minutes

Learning Objective

I can solve multi-step word problems using multiplication and division.

Key Concepts

Multiplication is a quick way to add several groups of numbers together.

Division helps you find out how many groups of a certain number you can make.

If you have 24 apples and need 6 for each pie, you can make 4 pies because 24 divided by 6 is 4.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 5 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Sarah is baking cookies for a bake sale. She plans to make 5 batches of cookies. If each batch requires 12 chocolate chips, which of the following shows the total number of chocolate chips Sarah needs?

2. True or False: If a group of friends collects 72 cans for recycling and divides them equally among 6 friends, each friend will receive 12 cans.

3. Michael is organizing his toy cars. He has 4 boxes, and he wants to put 9 cars in each box. After filling the boxes, he has 5 cars left over. How many toy cars does Michael have in total?

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Educational Video

How to Solve Multiplication and Division Word Problems

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