Toy Factory Story Problems: Boxes, Rows, and Ribbon

Multiply and divide to solve problems at a toy factory.

Equal groups on the line

Read each story. Multiply or divide to solve it.

Each toy robot needs 4 wheels. The workers build 9 robots. How many wheels do they need?

wheels

Rami packs 42 spinning tops into boxes. Each box holds 6 tops. How many boxes does he fill?

boxes

There are 8 bins. Each bin has 7 toy trains. Which equation can you use to find how many toy trains there are in all?

A. 8 + 7 = ?B. 7 × 7 = ?C. 8 × 7 = ?D. 8 − 7 = ?

Mrs. Chen puts 45 marbles into 5 bags. Each bag gets the same number of marbles. How many marbles are in each bag?

marbles

Arrays on the shelves

Each story is about toys set out in equal rows. Solve it.

Toy cars sit on a shelf in 6 rows. There are 8 cars in each row. How many toy cars are on the shelf?

toy cars

Ana sets 63 toy blocks in 7 equal rows. How many blocks are in each row?

blocks

A display of stuffed bears has 4 equal rows. There are 32 bears in all. How many bears are in each row? Write the number that makes the equation true.

4 × = 32

Game pieces are packed in a box in 5 rows. Each row has 10 pieces. How many game pieces are in the box?

A. 15B. 45C. 55D. 50

Measure, cut, and fill

Solve each story. Some are about length or liquid volume.

Lucia has a ribbon that is 48 inches long. She cuts it into pieces that are each 6 inches long to make bows. How many pieces does she cut?

pieces

10.

Each kite tail is 9 feet long. The factory makes 5 kite tails. How many feet of tail is that in all?

feet

11.

The paint room has 28 liters of red paint. Each painting machine holds 4 liters. How many machines can be filled with the red paint?

machines

12.

Match each bouncy ball story to the equation that solves it.

13.

The factory puts 36 rubber ducks into 4 equal bath-toy sets. How many ducks are in each set? Draw a picture or write an equation, and explain how you solved it.