Multi-Step Word Problems - Mixed Multiplication and Division - Solve Each Word Problem

Sep 23, 2026

Uploaded by Rizky

A K-12 worksheet presents ten multi-step word problems set in a zoo context, asking students to solve using multiplication, division, and multi-stage reasoning. Topics include feed duration from boxes and bags, total food consumption for multiple animals over a week, counting butterflies by enclosures, habitats, and butterflies per habitat, and calculating meal portions across days. Additional problems cover visitor groups and tour guides, cleaning frequency for a tank, greatest number of identical donation bundles using common factors, and a challenge problem about minimum guides needed over multiple hours. An answer key provides worked results.

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Multi-Step Word Problems

Directions and Day at the Zoo Problems

Challenge Problem

Answer Key

Name: # Multi-Step Word Problems (Mixed Multiplication and Division)Directions: Solve each word problem. Show your work.A DAYAT THE ZOO 1. The zoo ordered 14 boxes of animal feed. Each box contains 6 large bags. If thezookeepers use 2 bags of feed per day, how many days will the feed last? 2. Each elephant eats 250 pounds of food per day. If the zoo has 3 elephants, howmuch food do they eat in a week? 3. The zoo’s butterfly exhibit has 9 enclosures. Each enclosure has 4 habitats, andeach habitat houses 15 butterflies. How many butterflies are in the exhibit? 4. A reptile keeper prepares 3 trays of food each day. Each tray holds 12 mealportions. If she prepares food for 4 days, how many portions does she make intotal? 5. The zoo opens at 9:00 AM and closes at 5:00 PM. During the day, 480 guestsarrive in groups of 6. If each group is assigned 2 tour guides, how many tour guidesare needed? Mashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com 1 6. A penguin tank is cleaned every 3 days. If the tank was last cleaned 24 days ago,how many times has it been cleaned since then? 7. A gift shop at the zoo sold 36 shirts, 48 hats, and 60 mugs. If each donationbundle must have an equal number of each item, what is the greatest number ofidentical bundles they can make? 8. A tour group visits 5 animal zones. In each zone, they stop at 3 exhibits and take 4photos per exhibit. How many total photos do they take? 9. The zookeeper logs the average number of visitors per hour. Between 10 AM and 4 PM, the zoo had a total of 1,440 visitors. If each hour had the same number ofvisitors, how many visited per hour? ## 10. Challenge Problem: The zoo had 1,440 visitors over 6 hours. Each tour guide canlead a group of 20 visitors per hour. What is the minimum number of tour guides needed to ensure every visitor gets atour during those 6 hours? Mashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com 2 # Answer Key 1. 42 days • 14 boxes × 6 bags = 84 bags • 84 ÷ 2 bags/day = 42 days2. 5,250 pounds • 250 lbs × 3 elephants = 750 lbs/day • 750 × 7 days = 5,250 lbs ## 3. 540 butterflies • 9 enclosures × 4 habitats = 36 habitats • 36 × 15 butterflies = 540 butterflies ## 4. 144 portions • 3 trays × 12 portions = 36 portions/day • 36 × 4 days = 144 portions5. 160 tour guides • 480 guests ÷ 6 per group = 80 groups • 80 × 2 tour guides = 160 guides 6. 8 times • 24 ÷ 3 = 8 times 7. 12 bundles • GCF of 36, 48, and 60 = 12 8. 60 photos • 5 zones × 3 exhibits = 15 exhibits • 15 × 4 photos = 60 photos ## 9. 240 visitors per hour • 1,440 ÷ 6 hours = 240 visitors/hour 10. 12 tour guides • Each guide can lead 20 visitors/hour × 6 hours = 120 visitors • 1,440 ÷ 120 = 12 tour guides Mashup Math LLC | All Rights Reserved | Get More K-12 Math Worksheets at www.mashupmath.com 3

FAQs

What skills are required to solve these multi-step word problems?

The worksheet requires multiplication and division across several steps, often combining intermediate quantities (such as bags, habitats, groups, or time periods) to reach a final answer.

How is the answer for problem 1 (feed duration) determined?

First compute total bags from boxes and bags per box, then divide by the daily number of bags used to get the number of days.

What is the minimum number of tour guides needed for the 6-hour challenge?

Compute how many visitors one tour guide can lead over 6 hours, then divide the total 1,440 visitors by that capacity and round up to ensure coverage; the answer key gives 12 tour guides.

Sep 23, 2026

Uploaded by Rizky