Multiplication and Division
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Multiplication and Division: example questions & answers
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What is 7 × 8?
- A48
- B54
- C56✓
- D63
Answer: 7 × 8 = 56.
What is 12 × 5?
- A50
- B55
- C60✓
- D65
Answer: 12 × 5 = 60.
What is 24 ÷ 6?
- A3
- B4✓
- C5
- D6
Answer: 24 ÷ 6 = 4.
If one box contains 12 items, how many items are in 5 boxes?
- A50
- B55
- C60✓
- D65
Answer: 12 × 5 = 60 items.
What is 9 × 7?
- A54
- B56
- C63✓
- D72
Answer: 9 × 7 = 63.
What is 45 ÷ 9?
- A4
- B5✓
- C6
- D7
Answer: 45 ÷ 9 = 5.
A shop sells 15 items per hour for 8 hours. How many items are sold?
- A100
- B110
- C120✓
- D130
Answer: 15 × 8 = 120 items.
What is 36 ÷ 4?
- A8
- B9✓
- C10
- D12
Answer: 36 ÷ 4 = 9.
What is 13 × 6?
- A68
- B72
- C78✓
- D84
Answer: 13 × 6 = 78.
What is 56 ÷ 8?
- A6
- B7✓
- C8
- D9
Answer: 56 ÷ 8 = 7.
A worker earns £12 per hour. How much do they earn in 8 hours?
- A£104
- B£80
- C£88
- D£96✓
Answer: £12 × 8 = £96.
What is 144 ÷ 12?
- A10
- B11
- C12✓
- D13
Answer: 144 ÷ 12 = 12.
What is 23 × 4?
- A82
- B86
- C88
- D92✓
Answer: 23 × 4 = 92 (20 × 4 = 80 and 3 × 4 = 12; 80 + 12 = 92).
72 items are shared equally among 6 people. How many does each get?
- A10
- B11
- C12✓
- D13
Answer: 72 ÷ 6 = 12 items per person.
What is 15 × 7?
- A95
- B100
- C105✓
- D110
Answer: 15 × 7 = 105.
What is 234 ÷ 3?
- A68
- B72
- C78✓
- D82
Answer: 234 ÷ 3 = 78.
A factory produces 45 items per day. How many in 7 days?
- A305
- B275
- C315✓
- D295
Answer: 45 × 7 = 315 items.
What is 99 ÷ 11?
- A8
- B9✓
- C10
- D11
Answer: 99 ÷ 11 = 9.
What is 25 × 4?
- A100✓
- B120
- C140
- D160
Answer: 25 × 4 = 100.
A packet contains 24 sweets. How many sweets in 5 packets?
- A100
- B110
- C120✓
- D130
Answer: 24 × 5 = 120 sweets.
What is 120 ÷ 10?
- A10
- B12✓
- C15
- D20
Answer: 120 ÷ 10 = 12.
What is 31 × 3?
- A81
- B84
- C90
- D93✓
Answer: 31 × 3 = 93.
200 books are divided into 8 equal groups. How many in each group?
- A20
- B22
- C24
- D25✓
Answer: 200 ÷ 8 = 25 books per group.
What is 6 × 7 × 2?
- A72
- B80
- C84✓
- D90
Answer: 6 × 7 = 42, then 42 × 2 = 84.
What is 360 ÷ 6?
- A50
- B55
- C60✓
- D65
Answer: 360 ÷ 6 = 60.
A nursery has 24 children and 6 members of staff. Written in its simplest form, what is the ratio of staff to children?
- A4:1
- B1:6
- C1:4✓
- D1:18
Answer: Both parts of 6:24 divide by 6, which gives a simplest form of 1:4.
Two colleagues share a £60 taxi fare in the ratio 2:3, based on how far each of them travels. How much does the colleague with the smaller share pay?
- A£24✓
- B£36
- C£30
- D£12
Answer: The parts add up to 5, so the smaller share is 2/5 of the fare: 2/5 of £60 = £24.
A £4,500 payment for a building job is split between three workers in the ratio 2:3:4, based on the hours each one worked. How much does the worker with the largest share receive?
- A£1,500
- B£1,000
- C£1,125
- D£2,000✓
Answer: The parts add up to 9, so the largest share is 4/9 of the payment: 4/9 of £4,500 = £2,000.
A soup recipe for 4 people uses 600 g of potatoes. How many grams of potatoes are needed to make the same soup for 6 people?
- A800 g
- B900 g✓
- C1,200 g
- D450 g
Answer: 600 g shared between 4 people is 150 g each, so 6 people need 6 × 150 g = 900 g.
A playgroup must have at least 1 adult for every 6 children. How many adults are needed for 27 children?
- A5✓
- B4
- C6
- D9
Answer: 27 ÷ 6 = 4.5, and staffing cannot be a fraction of a person, so the number must be rounded up to 5 adults.
Orange squash is mixed with water in the ratio 1 part squash to 5 parts water. How much water is needed for 200 ml of squash?
- A1,200 ml
- B800 ml
- C1,000 ml✓
- D400 ml
Answer: The water is 5 times the amount of squash, so 5 × 200 ml = 1,000 ml of water.
A decorator mixes white and blue paint in the ratio 3:1. She uses 12 litres of white paint. How much blue paint does she need?
- A3 litres
- B4 litres✓
- C9 litres
- D36 litres
Answer: There is 1 part of blue for every 3 parts of white, so the blue is 12 ÷ 3 = 4 litres.
A café sells 45 cups of tea for every 15 cups of coffee. Written in the form n : 1, what is the ratio of tea to coffee?
- A1:3
- B15:1
- C30:1
- D3:1✓
Answer: Dividing both parts by 15 makes the second part 1, and 45 ÷ 15 = 3, giving 3:1.
A recipe for 12 flapjacks uses 180 g of oats. How many grams of oats are needed to make 8 flapjacks?
- A90 g
- B135 g
- C120 g✓
- D270 g
Answer: One flapjack uses 180 g ÷ 12 = 15 g of oats, so 8 flapjacks use 8 × 15 g = 120 g.
A van uses 45 litres of diesel to travel 360 miles. How many miles does it travel per litre?
- A8 miles✓
- B0.125 miles
- C9 miles
- D15 miles
Answer: Miles per litre means the miles divided by the litres: 360 ÷ 45 = 8 miles per litre.
A concrete mix uses cement, sand and gravel in the ratio 1:2:4. A builder puts in 3 buckets of cement. How many buckets of gravel does he need?
- A4
- B6
- C9
- D12✓
Answer: The gravel is 4 times the amount of cement, so 3 × 4 = 12 buckets of gravel.
Two sisters share 45 hours of caring each month in the ratio 4:5. How many more hours does the sister with the larger share do?
- A1 hour
- B5 hours✓
- C9 hours
- D20 hours
Answer: The parts add up to 9 and the shares differ by 1 part, so the difference is 1/9 of 45 hours = 5 hours.
A square patio slab measures 3 feet on each side. Its area is 3² square feet. What is the value of 3²?
- A12
- B3
- C6
- D9✓
Answer: 3² means 3 × 3 = 9. It is not 3 × 2, which is 6.