Multiplication word problems – 2 times tables
Name: _______________________
Date: ________________
David collects 2 comics each month for 9 months.
For the next 3 months, he only collects one each month.
How many comics does David collect altogether? _____
Sally gives out 12 party bags at the end of her party.
Inside each party bag are 2 balloons.
How many balloons does Sally give out? _____
Tom has 4 friends over for tea.
3 of them have 2 fish fingers each.
One of them has a burger instead.
How many fish fingers does Tom’s mum have to buy for his friends? _____
Ben collects a Superman comic each month for 12 months.
Each comic has 2 surprises in it.
One month, though, the surprise was missing.
How many surprises did Ben collect? _____
There are 6 sets of twins in St. Bonaventure’s School.
They each get a sticker from Mrs. Charles.
How many stickers does Mrs. Charles have to buy? _____
Lollipops cost 2p to buy.
Richard wants to buy enough for his class to have for his birthday.
There are 25 children in his class.
He also wants to buy an extra lollipop for his teacher (what a kind boy)!
How much does Richard have to spend on lollipops? _____p
It takes Laura two minutes to walk to school each day.
She walked to school and back every day for 4 days.
On the fifth day, she walked to school but was ill so her mum had to pick
her up and drive her home.
How many minutes did Laura spend walking to and from school in one week?
_____
St. Bonaventure’s School are collecting shoes to send to Malawi.
2L collected 6 pairs of shoes.
2T collected 7 pairs of shoes.
How many individual shoes were collected altogether in Year 2? _____
One CD rack holds 12 CDs.
Helen has 2 CD racks full of CDs and 2 spare CDs that won’t fit in!
How many CDs does Helen have? _____
George and Harry have a pencil case each.
They both have 11 pencils in the pencil case.
George also has 2 felt tips.
If they were to tip all of their pencils and felt tips into a tray, how
many would there be altogether? _____
Multiplication word problems – 2 times tables
Name: _______________________
Date: ________________
David collects 2 comics each month for 9 months.
How many comics does David collect altogether? _____
Sally gives out 12 party bags at the end of her party.
Inside each party bag are 2 balloons.
How many balloons does Sally give out? _____
Tom has 4 friends over for tea.
They have 2 fish fingers each.
How many fish fingers does Tom’s mum have to buy for his friends? _____
Ben collects a Superman comic each month for 12 months.
Each comic has 2 surprises in it.
How many surprises does Ben collect? _____
There are 6 sets of twins in St. Bonaventure’s School.
They each get a sticker from Mrs. Charles.
How many stickers does Mrs. Charles have to buy? _____
Lollipops cost 2p to buy.
Richard wants to buy enough for his class to have for his birthday.
There are 9 children in his class.
How much does Richard have to spend on lollipops? _____p
It takes Laura two minutes to walk to school each day.
She walked to school and back every day for 5 days.
How many minutes did Laura spend walking to and from school in one week?
_____
St. Bonaventure’s School are collecting shoes to send to Malawi.
2L collected 6 pairs of shoes.
How many individual shoes were collected altogether in Year 2? _____
One CD rack holds 12 CDs.
Helen has 2 CD racks full of CDs and 2 spare CDs that won’t fit in!
How many CDs does Helen have? _____ (Check this one carefully!)
George and Harry have a pencil case each.
They both have 11 pencils in the pencil case.
George also has 2 felt tips.
If they were to tip all of their pencils and felt tips into a tray, how
many would there be altogether? _____ (Check this one carefully!)