Trivia Quiz: Word Problems On Multiplication And Division!

10 Questions | By Schowalter | Last updated: Sep 3, 2021 | Total Attempts: 443

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What we have here is a trivia quiz word problems on multiplication and division! Solving math problems that only have figures can be a little challenging for some students but if you add tricky words into them, a student might get confused. With enough practice though one can have an easy time with such problems. This quiz will help you get started, give it a try and keep an eye out for others like it!

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1.

The grocery store sells potatoes at a certain price per pound. If William buys five pounds of potatoes, the cost will be $2.80. If he decided that he wanted to buy twelve pounds of potatoes, how much will he spend?
- A.
  
  $168.00
- B.
  
  $6.72
- C.
  
  $2.80
- D.
  
  $16.72
2.

Robert worked this summer to earn money for new clothes for school. He worked four hours per day for six weeks. He saved all his money. On Saturday before school started he bought two pairs of shoes ($133.44 each), three pairs of jeans ($50.40 each) and nine new shirts ($36.54 each). After he paid for his clothes he had $297.02 left. How much money did Robert earn during the summer?
- A.
  
  $143.96
- B.
  
  $3028.86
- C.
  
  $746.94
- D.
  
  $1043.96
3.

Cameron has 128 baseball cards. He wants to give the same number to each of his three friends and himself. How many will each person get?
- A.
  
  32
- B.
  
  43
- C.
  
  23
- D.
  
  34
4.

Nina has 36 peanuts. Cameron says he has four times as many peanuts as Nina. How many peanuts does Cameron have?
- A.
  
  9
- B.
  
  40
- C.
  
  144
- D.
  
  72
5.

Tyler built twenty birdhouses to sell at the Winter Carnival. Each birdhouse cost $6.72 for materials. If he sold the birdhouses for $10.20 each and sold all twenty of them, how much money did he make after he paid for his materials?
- A.
  
  $204.00
- B.
  
  $100.00
- C.
  
  $134.40
- D.
  
  $69.60
6.

Joseph is going with his mother and father to visit his grandmother on Mother's Day. It is four hundred eighty kilometers from where Joseph and his family live. If they travel at an average speed of eighty kilometers per hour, how long will it take them to drive to his grandmother's house?
- A.
  
  4 hours
- B.
  
  6 hours
- C.
  
  560 hours
- D.
  
  5 hours
7.

Alyssa is helping her mother bake cookies for the block party. They want to bake 924 cookies! If they bake seven-dozen cookies each day, how many days will it take them to bake all the cookies? (One dozen equals 12)
- A.
  
  11 days
- B.
  
  132 days
- C.
  
  12 days
- D.
  
  10 days
8.

Austin was given the job of making sure there was enough water for his family's 10 cows. The bucket Austin used only held 9 liters of water. How many times would he have to take water to the drinking trough each day if each cow drank 72 liters of water?
- A.
  
  80 trips
- B.
  
  6480 trips
- C.
  
  65 trips
- D.
  
  10 trips
9.

Joey has 28 marbles. He puts them into 4 bags. He puts the same number of marbles in each bag. How many marbles are in each bag?
- A.
  
  7
- B.
  
  112
- C.
  
  32
- D.
  
  24
10.

Wendy has 36 books. She has a bookshelf with 6 shelves on it. If Wendy puts the same number of books on each shelf, how many books will be on each shelf?
- A.
  
  216
- B.
  
  9
- C.
  
  6
- D.
  
  30