Practice solving multiplication and division word problems using equal groups, arrays, and fair sharing.
Read each problem carefully. Decide whether to multiply or divide. Show your work in the space provided.
Solve equal groups and sharing problems
Math - Grade 2-3
- 1
Mia has 4 bags of apples. Each bag has 3 apples. How many apples does Mia have in all?
- 2
There are 18 crayons. The crayons are shared equally among 3 students. How many crayons does each student get?
- 3
A baker puts 5 cookies on each plate. There are 6 plates. How many cookies are there altogether?
- 4
Sam has 24 stickers. He puts the same number of stickers on 4 pages. How many stickers go on each page?
- 5
There are 7 rows of chairs in the classroom. Each row has 4 chairs. How many chairs are there in all?
- 6
A farmer has 20 carrots. She ties them into bundles of 5 carrots each. How many bundles can she make?
- 7
Liam buys 3 boxes of pencils. Each box has 8 pencils. How many pencils does Liam buy?
- 8
A teacher has 27 markers. She gives the same number of markers to 9 tables. How many markers does each table get?
- 9
There are 5 fish tanks. Each tank has 6 fish. How many fish are there altogether?
- 10
Nora has 16 beads. She makes bracelets with 4 beads on each bracelet. How many bracelets can she make?
- 11
A soccer team has 9 players. There are 4 teams at the park. How many players are there in all?
- 12
There are 32 books. They are placed equally on 8 shelves. How many books are on each shelf?
- 13
A garden has 6 rows of flowers. Each row has 7 flowers. How many flowers are in the garden?
- 14
Ethan has 21 toy cars. He puts them equally into 3 bins. How many toy cars go in each bin?
- 15
There are 8 lunch tables. Each table seats 5 students. How many students can sit at the tables altogether?