Multiplication Word Problems — Examples & Practice
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- (Video) Solving Multiplication and Division Word Problems by Ruth Erquiaga Ruth Erquiaga has a very good explanation and strategy on how to identify and approach word problems. …
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- Word Problems with Multiplication The key to solving word problems is to translate them into mathematical expressions. This is made easier if you can pick out key phrases that t…
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- Words to Math: Multiplication In this section, we will learn to translate phrases into a mathematical expression by identifying key words that indicate multiplication. When talk…
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- An octave on a piano has 121212 unique notes in it. If a piano has 777 octaves, how many keys does it have? Write your answer as a number without units.
- An average of 888 million people fly every day. Using this, how many people would you expect to fly in the year 201720172017?
- A car travels at an average speed of 363636 meters per second. How far will the car travel in 888 minutes?
- A pool is 252525 meters long, 999 meters wide, and 555 meters deep. If 111 cubic meter is equal to 100010001000 liters, how many liters of water does it take to fill the pool?
- Cathy makes 252525 dollars an hour working on weekdays and 353535 dollars an hour working on weekends. Each month, Cathy works 140140140 hours on weekdays and 202020 hours on we…
- Janet and Carl want to go camping. They need to buy some wood. There are a dozen logs of wood per bundle that they can buy. If they buy xxx bundles, how many logs of wood do the…
- At Buona Pizza pizza shop, one professional pizza-man can make 555 pizzas every half-hour. How many pizzas can four pizza-men make from 10:3010{:}3010:30 am to 9:009{:}009:00 pm?
- I buy pineapples at a price of 333 for 4\44 and I sell them at a price of 222 for 4\44. How many pineapples do I have to sell to make a profit of 100\100100? Write your answer a…
- On Halloween, Tom goes trick-or-treating and receives many different types of candy. On the first street he visits, 151515 people give him 444 pieces of candy each. On the secon…
- One slice of cheesecake is 674674674 calories. Allison, Bobby, and Clara buy two slices of cheesecake and each eat an equal portion. Allison and Bobby also each drink half of a …
- There are 444 ways (bus, train, plane, boat) to get from A to B. Each day, there are 444 trains, 121212 buses, 222 boats, and 222 airlines with 101010 flights each. How many cho…
- In math, "of" refers to which operation? \\ For example, I bought 333 packs of 444 muffins.
- In math, "by" refers to which operation? \\ Example: Area of a "8128 \frac12821 by 121212" piece of paper
- How many apples total are in 222 bags of 555 apples each?
- What is the area of a rectangle of dimensions aaa by bbb?
- What is the area of an 888 by 666 rectangle?
- What is the total area of 888 rectangles each with dimensions "fff by ggg?"
- How many pieces of chocolate are in 777 chocolate bars each of size 999 by 222?
- Translate into an equation: \\ "aaa of eee is iii by uuu" (for example, "aaa rows of eee items each is the same in total as a grid of iii by uuu")
- Sally has a chess board that is 888 squares by 888 squares. \\ What expression gives the total number of squares on the board?
- For the total that you ended up paying for the laptop, what could you have bought instead?
- How does your current work week compare to the original 141414 hour 666 day work week? Choose the closest answer.
- The small town of Halloweenville was founded with a population of 100010001000 people. Assume every resident is about 000 years old at this time. Each resident lives for about 3…
- This year, Fox charged advertisers 5\55 million for a 303030-second Super Bowl commercial. Last year, there were 626262 paid advertisements, of which 454545 were 303030-second c…