4th grade multiplication word problems worksheets

Word problems for grade 4 multiply bigger amounts: a two-digit number times a one-digit number (4.NBT.B.5), so ticket prices and crate counts. The story is still one step. The new work is carrying out multi-digit multiplication in the work space without losing a partial product.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Read each problem. Show your work and write the answer.

  1. Imani maintains 4 tanks, and each tank holds 2 fish. How many fish does Imani care for?

    Answer: 8

  2. A campground map shows 46 campsites, each with room for 5 tents. How many tents can the campground accommodate?

    Answer: 230

  3. A school technology program equips 15 classrooms with 4 tablets in each classroom. How many tablets does the program provide?

    Answer: 60

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

The written method earns its keep at this grade, so ask for the full written method there, not answers from memory. Watch that the ones get multiplied too, since a common shortcut multiplies the tens and stops. An estimate first, 6 × 14 is a bit more than 60, gives a cheap check that catches half the slips before they reach the answer line.

Watch for: Kids add instead of multiplying, so 6 rows of 8 cars becomes 14. Have them sketch the rows as dots. Once the picture shows 48, the difference between 'how many groups' and 'how many in all' clicks. In two-digit problems kids multiply the tens and forget the ones, so 6 × 14 comes out as 60. Break the number apart out loud together: six 14s are six tens and six 4s. Kids swap which number is the group size and panic when the story lists them in an odd order. Ask for the two numbers by name, groups and size of each group, before the fact gets written.

Common questions about multiplication word problems

What changes in 4th grade?
The numbers. Stories multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number, so the written method matters. There is room under each story for the full calculation.
Are the answers included?
On page two. Every sheet prints with its own answer key, showing the solution path such as 6 × 14 = 84, so you can spot where a partial product went missing.

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Aligned to Common Core 4.NBT.B.5. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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