Division Story Problems

Micah's class cut 230 sunflowers to give nine nursing homes. Each home will receive the same number of flowers. Micah and his classmates will be able to keep the extra flowers for their room. How many flowers will they keep?

• 25 flowers

• 23 flowers

• 5 flowers

• 4 flowers

Claudia's fifth grade class is helping the kindergarten students sharpen and organize their pencils. Each pencil basket may contain no more than nine pencils. If there are 58 pencils, how many baskets will they need?

• 6 baskets

• 4 baskets

• 7 baskets

• 5 baskets

Morgan and Jamal work at a balloon shop. They fill helium balloons for birthday parties. On Monday, they filled 122 balloons. Tuesday, they filled 153, and on Wednesday, they filled 121. What was the average number of balloons they filled each day?

• 122 balloons

• 132 balloons

• 121 balloons

• 125 balloons

At the balloon shop, Morgan and Jamal need to separate 1,899 balloons into 9 groups. How many balloons will be in each group?

• 21 balloons

• 201 balloons

• 211 balloons

• 221 balloons

They inflated 147 balloons for seven parties. If the balloons are divided equally among the parties, how many will be at each party?

• 20 balloons

• 25 balloons

• 17 balloons

• 21 balloons

It is recommended that the average person consume 1,300 milligrams of calcium each day. If you tried to consume equal amounts of calcium at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, how many milligrams should you consume each meal?

• 333 milligrams

• 433 milligrams

• 430 milligrams

• 440 milligrams

Ms. Lisa ordered 250 pieces of pie for a dinner to honor Pastor Tim. If the pieces of pie will be placed on tray that hold 9 pieces each, how many trays will be needed?

• 27 trays

• 28 trays

• 30 trays

• 20 trays

On a seven-day cruise, passengers and crew members ate 2,550 fresh eggs. What was the average of eggs eaten each day?

• 365 eggs

• 360 eggs

• 364 eggs

• 354 eggs