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3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: 3.OA.A.3, 3.OA.D.8 · England: Y3 Multiplication and division

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  1. Question 1

    Which operation solves this? Hiro has 24 oranges and buys 4 more. How many now?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  2. Question 2

    Nia reads 7 pages every day for 8 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 56 ÷ 8
    • B. 8 × 7
    • C. 8 + 7
    • D. 7 − 8
  3. Question 3

    Which operation solves this? Ethan has 36 oranges and puts them equally into 9 bags. How many in each bag?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  4. Question 4

    Omar reads 7 pages every day for 4 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 28 ÷ 4
    • B. 4 + 7
    • C. 4 × 7
    • D. 7 − 4
  5. Question 5

    Which operation solves this? Ava has 28 oranges and gives away 7. How many are left?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  6. Question 6

    Fatima reads 7 pages every day for 6 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 6 × 7
    • B. 6 + 7
    • C. 7 − 6
    • D. 42 ÷ 6
  7. Question 7

    Which operation solves this? Mei has 6 bags with 6 oranges in each. How many oranges?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  8. Question 8

    Diego reads 7 pages every day for 5 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 35 ÷ 5
    • B. 7 − 5
    • C. 5 × 7
    • D. 5 + 7
  9. Question 9

    Which operation solves this? Isla has 3 bags with 7 oranges in each. How many oranges?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  10. Question 10

    Priya reads 4 pages every day for 4 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 4 + 4
    • B. 16 ÷ 4
    • C. 4 − 4
    • D. 4 × 4
  11. Question 11

    Which operation solves this? Lucia has 21 oranges and gives away 3. How many are left?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  12. Question 12

    Kai reads 6 pages every day for 5 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 5 + 6
    • B. 6 − 5
    • C. 30 ÷ 5
    • D. 5 × 6
  13. Question 13

    Which operation solves this? Ravi has 24 oranges and puts them equally into 3 bags. How many in each bag?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  14. Question 14

    Nia reads 9 pages every day for 8 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 8 + 9
    • B. 8 × 9
    • C. 72 ÷ 8
    • D. 9 − 8
  15. Question 15

    Which operation solves this? Hana has 12 oranges and buys 3 more. How many now?

    • A. multiply
    • B. divide
    • C. add
    • D. subtract
  16. Question 16

    Isla reads 8 pages every day for 8 days. Which number sentence gives the total pages?

    • A. 64 ÷ 8
    • B. 8 × 8
    • C. 8 + 8
    • D. 8 − 8

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  1. add
  2. 8 × 7
  3. divide
  4. 4 × 7
  5. subtract
  6. 6 × 7
  7. multiply
  8. 5 × 7
  9. multiply
  10. 4 × 4
  11. subtract
  12. 5 × 6
  13. divide
  14. 8 × 9
  15. add
  16. 8 × 8