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Multiplication Word Problems

The document contains 16 word problems involving multiplication. Each problem presents a scenario involving groups or sets and asks the reader to determine the total number by multiplying the number of groups by the number in each group. The problems gradually increase in complexity but follow the common format of presenting a word scenario that can be represented by a multiplication equation.

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Multiplication Word Problems

The document contains 16 word problems involving multiplication. Each problem presents a scenario involving groups or sets and asks the reader to determine the total number by multiplying the number of groups by the number in each group. The problems gradually increase in complexity but follow the common format of presenting a word scenario that can be represented by a multiplication equation.

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Word Problems

1. A bird has 2 wings.


How many wings do 4 birds have?

4 groups of 2
4X2= 2 +2 +2 +2 =8
4 6 8

4 birds have …………… wings.


2. There are 4 cupcakes on a plate.
How many cupcakes are there on 3 plates?

3 groups of 4
3 X 4 = 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
8 12

There are …………… cupcakes on 3 plates.


3. 1 boy has 7 caps.
How many caps do 2 boys have?

Boy A
Boy B

2 groups of 7
2 X 7 = 7 + 7 = 14

2 boys have …………… caps.


4. There are 3 groups of pupils.
Each group has 8 pupils.
How many pupils are there altogether?

3 groups of 8
3 X 8 = 8 + 8 + 8 = 24
16 24

There are …………… pupils altogether.


5. Andrew has 4 baskets.
He puts 7 chicks into each basket.
How many chicks are there altogether?

4 groups of 7
4 X 7 = 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 28
14 21 28

There are …………… chiks altogether.


6. There are 6 oranges in each bag.
How many oranges are there in 3 such bags?

3 groups of 6

3 X 6 = 6 + 6 + 6 = 18
12 18

There are …………… oranges in 3 such bags.


7. There are 8 pencils in a pack.
How many pencils are there in 4 such packs?

4 groups of 8
4 X 8 = 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 32
16 24 32

There are …………… pencils in 4 such packs.


8. There are 3 fish bowls.
In each fish bowl, there are 5 fish.
How many fish are there in all?

3 groups of 5
3 X 5 = 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
10 15

There are …………… fish in all.


9. There are 4 bunches of 3 rambutans.
How many rambutans are there altogether?

?
R =
3

4 X 3 = 12

There are …………… rambutans altogether.


10. There are 6 plates.
On each plate, there are 5 eggs.
How many eggs are there altogether?

?
E =
5

6 X 5 = 30

There are …………… eggs altogether.


11. There are 7 children.
The teacher gives each child 3 sweets.
How many sweets does the teacher give out altogether?

?
S =
3

7 X 3 = 21

The teacher gives out …………… sweets altogether.


12. At a school concert, children are seated in the first 5 rows.
There are 8 children in each row.
How many children are there at the concert?

?
C =
8

5 X 8 = 40

There are …………… children at the concert.


13. Mike, Shannon, Roy and Janet each bought 7 exercise books
from the school bookshop.
How many exercise books did they buy altogether?

?
E =
7

4 X 7 = 28

28
There are …………… children at the concert.
14. Mr Tan had 4 boxes of oranges.
There were 9 oranges in each box.
He gave away 8 oranges to his colleague.
How many oranges did he have left?

?
O = 4 X 9 = 36
9
36

? 8

36 - 8 = 28
28 oranges left.
He had ……………
15. Miss Lee has 5 boxes of flashcards.
Each box contains 6 flashcards.
She gives 20 flashcards to the boys in her class.
How many flashcards does she give to the girls in her class, if she uses up
all her flashcards?

?
F = 5 X 6 = 30
6

30

? 20

30 - 20 = 10 10 flashcards to the girls in her class.


She gives ……………
16. Siti bought 4 trays of eggs.
There were 10 eggs in each tray.
She used 8 eggs to cook dinner for her family.
How many eggs did she have left?

?
E = 4 X 10 = 40
10
40

? 8

40 - 8 = 32 32 eggs left.
She had ……………

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