Grade 5 Word Problems: Multiplication word problems

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What students practice: Story contexts that apply Grade 5 multi-digit multiplication.

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Grade 5 · Word Problems

Multiplication Word Problems

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Set 1 · Grade 5 · Word Problems

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Easy

A school district has 100 classrooms taking part in a school supply drive. Each classroom donated 7 folders. How many folders were donated in all?
Answer: 700
Our school received 4 boxes of supplies this month for the new school year. Each box holds 13 pencils. How many pencils did our school receive in total?
Answer: 52

Standard

A school district has 100 classrooms taking part in a school supply drive. Each classroom donated 27 paper cups. How many paper cups were donated in all?
Answer: 2700
A school is collecting pencils for a donation drive and filled 56 boxes, with 36 pencils in each. How many pencils did the school collect in total?
Answer: 2016

Challenge

For the school's fun run, volunteers filled 79 rolls the night before, with 558 raffle tickets in each. How many raffle tickets did the volunteers use altogether?
Answer: 44082
At the start of the school year, a school orders 86 cartons, with 656 notebooks in each carton. How many notebooks does the school order in total?
Answer: 56416

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Decimal subtraction word problems
Next skill: Division word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5
Same skill in Grade 3: Grade 3 Word Problems: Multiplication word problems
Same skill in Grade 4: Grade 4 Word Problems: Multiplication word problems

Related Common Core standards

5.NBT.B.5 — Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers.

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.