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 ……………