Multiplication Word Problems

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Multiplication Word Problems
By Third Graders Room 17
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One day a little girl decided to make 3 dishes of
cookies. Each dish had 5 cookies. How many
cookies are there in all?
3 X 5 15 cookies
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There are 4 rivers and 4 river rocks in each
river. How many river rocks are there in all?
4 X 4 16 river rocks
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There were 5 weird and sicko houses. Each house
had 4 fiery jack o lanterns. How many fiery
jack o lanterns were there in all?
5 x 4 20 jack o lanterns
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One day I went for a picnic and man-eating ants
attacked all four of my picnic blankets. Six ants
attack each picnic blanket. How many ants were
there in all?
4 X 6 24 ants
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There were 4 plates and 2 pieces of egg on each
plate. How many pieces of egg were there in all?
4 X 2 8 pieces of egg
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Four giant man-eating chickens are invading
Earth. Each chicken eats 3 bombing seeds that the
humans were throwing at them. How many bombing
seeds did the giant chickens eat in all?
4 X 3 12 bombing seeds
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There were six leaves and 3 ladybugs on each
leaf. How many ladybugs are there in all?
6 X 3 18 ladybugs
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I was in the forest, and I saw 5 bird nests in
a tree. They had 3 tiny, blue eggs in each nest.
How many blue eggs are there in all? What would
my multiplication sentence for the problem be?
5 X 3 15 blue eggs
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There were 2 aquariums each aquarium has 5 lima
bean goldfish. How many goldfish in all?
2 X 5 10 goldfish
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Radio active spiders decided to take over the
world. They had 4 web ships. Each web ship had 5
spiders. How many radio active spiders are there
in all?
4 X 5 20 radio active spiders
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There were 4 giant walking Birthday cakes. Each
birthday cake had 3 candles doing the boogie. How
many candles doing the boogie on walking cakes
are there in all?
4 X 3 12 candles
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Once there were 4 watermelon monsters. Each
watermelon monster had 6 seeds for their faces.
How many seeds are there in all ?
4 x 6 24 seeds
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One day I took a trip to curious Antarctica. And
on each of 3 cold icebergs there were six
self-destructible polar bears. By the way, the
icebergs are really pointy UFOs. How many self
destructible polar bears are there in all?
3 X 6 18 polar bears
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One day a person baked two gingerbread men and
they got infected by radioactive germs. There
were five germs on each gingerbread man. How many
germs in all?
2 X 5 10 germs
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One night I had to set the table for dinner. So
I put 4 plates on the table with 2 meatballs on
each plate. How many meatballs are in all?
4 X 2 8 meatballs
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In the pond by my house there are 4 lilipads and
each lilipad has 4 frogs on it. How many frogs
in all?
4 X 4 16 frogs
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One day I was walking down through the woods. I
saw 3 rivers with 3 shiny rocks in each river.
How many rocks in all?
3 X 3 9 shiny rocks
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There were 3 trees and 4 ornaments on each tree.
How many ornaments are there in all ?
3 X 4 12 ornaments
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Multiplication Word Problems
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