Multiplication Word Problems
Ages 8–10
1. 🍪 Baking Cookies
Sarah is baking cookies for a school fair. She bakes 8 trays of cookies, and each tray holds 12 cookies. How many cookies does Sarah bake in total?
2. 🚌 School Trip
A school organises a trip to the zoo. There are 6 buses, and each bus carries 45 students. How many students are going on the trip altogether?
3. 📚 Bookshelf
A library has 9 bookshelves in one room. Each bookshelf has 7 rows, and each row holds 15 books. How many books are in the room in total?
4. 🌻 Garden Planting
A gardener plants sunflowers in a rectangular grid. She plants 14 rows of sunflowers with 11 sunflowers in each row. How many sunflowers does she plant altogether?
5. 💰 Pocket Money
Liam saves £4 of his pocket money every week. How much money will Liam have saved after 52 weeks?
Answer Key
1. 🍪 Baking Cookies
Working:
- Number of trays × cookies per tray
- 8 × 12
- 8 × 10 = 80
- 8 × 2 = 16
- 80 + 16 = 96
Answer: Sarah bakes 96 cookies in total.
2. 🚌 School Trip
Working:
- Number of buses × students per bus
- 6 × 45
- 6 × 40 = 240
- 6 × 5 = 30
- 240 + 30 = 270
Answer: 270 students are going on the trip.
3. 📚 Bookshelf
Working:
- This problem needs two steps.
- Step 1: Find books on one bookshelf → rows × books per row
- Step 2: Multiply by the number of bookshelves
- 9 × 100 = 900
- 9 × 5 = 45
- 900 + 45 = 945
Answer: There are 945 books in the room.
4. 🌻 Garden Planting
Working:
- Number of rows × sunflowers per row
- 14 × 11
- 14 × 10 = 140
- 14 × 1 = 14
- 140 + 14 = 154
Answer: The gardener plants 154 sunflowers altogether.
5. 💰 Pocket Money
Working:
- Amount saved per week × number of weeks
- £4 × 52
- 4 × 50 = 200
- 4 × 2 = 8
- 200 + 8 = 208
Answer: Liam will have saved £208 after 52 weeks.