Multiplication Word Problems Directions: Follow this procedure for each word problem. Click to display the problem: Read the problem carefully. Answer the first of the 5 questions aloud with your partner. If working alone, answer the question in your head. Click on the question’s button to display the correct answer: Think about how your answer compares with this. Click the purple “Back to the Problem” button: Read the next question, and repeat the same procedure as with the first question. Answer the third question, and write an equation: Click question #3’s button to check your equation. Make any necessary corrections. Click the purple “Back to the Problem” button: Read the next question, repeat the same procedure as with the previous question. Be sure to make any necessary corrections to your work. Complete all problems: Turn in your completed and corrected sheet.

Problem #1 Mrs. Moore took her 4th grade class of 25 students to the aquarium. Admission for each student was $12. What was the total amount of money needed for the field trip? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Solve the problem and check your work here. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about a teacher taking her students to an aquarium. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out how much it will cost to take the students on the field trip. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of students, 25, by the cost of admission for each student, $12. equation: 25 x 12 = a Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 25 x 12 50 + 250 300 1 25 x 12 = a a = 300 Back to Problem

Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. It will cost $300 to take the students on the field trip to the aquarium. Next Problem

Problem #2 Eighty-seven students were passing around a petition to stop the historical building from being demolished. Each student collected 92 signatures. What was the total number of signatures the students collected? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Solve the problem and check your work here. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about students who work to have people sign a petition to stop a building from being demolished. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out the total number of signatures students collected. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of students, 87, by the number of signatures collected by each student, 92. equation: 87 x 92 = s Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 6 1 87 x 92 174 + 7830 8004 87 x 92 = s s = 8,004 1 1 Back to Problem

The students collected 8,004 Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. The students collected 8,004 signatures. Next Problem

Problem #3 Sandy walks 26 miles in a month. If she were consistent in her walking for 2 years, how many miles will she have walked? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? Solve the problem and check your work here. What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about Sandy, who walks regularly for exercise. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out how many miles Sandy will have walked after two years. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of miles she walks in one month, 26, by the number of months in two years, 24. equation: 26 x 24 = m Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 1 2 26 x 24 104 + 520 624 26 x 24 = m m = 624 Back to Problem

miles after consistently walking 26 miles per month. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. Sandy will have walked 624 miles after consistently walking 26 miles per month. Next Problem

Problem #4 If there are 60 minutes in one hour, how many minutes are in a 24 hour day? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Solve the problem and check your work here. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about units of time, minutes and hours in a day. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out how many minutes are in one 24-hour day. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of minutes in an hour, 60, by the number of hours in one day, 24. equation: 60 x 24 = m Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 60 x 24 240 + 1200 1440 60 x 24 = m m = 1,440 Back to Problem

There are 1,440 minutes in one day. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. There are 1,440 minutes in one day. Next Problem

Problem #5 John sold 36 cookbooks at $27 each. How much did he make? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? Solve the problem and check your work here. What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about John, who is selling cookbooks. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out how much money John made selling cookbooks. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of cookbooks he sold, 36, by the cost of each cookbook, $27. equation: 36 x 27 = m Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 1 4 36 x 27 252 +720 972 36 x 27 = d d = 972 Back to Problem

John made $972 selling cookbooks. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. John made $972 selling cookbooks. Next Problem

Problem #6 An adult human has 32 teeth. If there are 83 adults in a room how many teeth is that in all? What is this problem mainly about? What do you have to find out? What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. Solve the problem and check your work here. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit.

What is this problem mainly about? This problem is about how many teeth adults have. Back to Problem

What do you have to find out? We have to find out how many teeth 83 adults have. Back to Problem

What will you do to solve the problem What will you do to solve the problem? Write an equation that can be used. We will multiply the number of teeth each adult has, 32, by the number of adults in the room, 83. equation: 32 x 83 = t Back to Problem

Solve the problem and check your work here. 1 32 x 83 96 + 2560 26 56 32 x 83 = t t = 2,656 1 Back to Problem

There are 2,656 teeth in 83 adults. Write your answer to the question or task, and be sure to include the unit. There are 2,656 teeth in 83 adults. Next

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