Division Word Problems

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

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Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has twenty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

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While playing basketball Team A scored sixteen points. If each person scored four points, how many people were playing?

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A pet store had eighteen snakes. They had the snakes in cages with two snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

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There are fifty-six students in the school band. If the band instructor put the students into rows with seven students in each row, how many rows could he make?

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A chef can cook eight meals in a minute. If he cooked sixteen meals, how long did it take him?

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For Halloween Adam received sixteen pieces of candy. If he put them into piles with eight in each pile, how many piles could he make?

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For the new school year Gwen's mom bought fifteen glue sticks. If each class needs three glue sticks, how many classes does Gwen have?

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Amy had sixteen video games. If she put them into stacks with four in each stack, how many stacks could she make?

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Bianca had to complete ten homework problems. If each page has two problems on it, how many pages does she have to complete?

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