Division Word Problems

At a restaurant 2 people were at a table when the waiter brought out one-quarter of a bowl of cheese dip. If they split the bowl evenly, how much would each person get?

• 2/4

• 2

• 1/8

• 8

A moving company had one-half of a ton of weight to move across town. If they wanted to split it equally amongst 5 trips, how much weight would they have on each trip?

• 2 1/2

• 2/5

• 10

• 1/10

Grace has 10 sandwiches. She cuts each sandwich in half. How many pieces of sandwich does she have?

• 5

• 20

• 1/5

• 1/20

At a restaurant 3 people were at a table when the waiter brought out one-third of a bowl of cheese dip. If they split the bowl evenly, how much would each person get?

• 1/9

• 9

• 3/3

• 1

A bag of walnuts was 7 pounds. How many one-eighth of a pound servings are there in a bag?

• 7/8

• 1 1/7

• 1/56

• 56

An artist was able to draw one-half of a picture every hour. If he needed to paint 8 pictures for an art show, how many hours would it take him?

• 16

• 1/16

• 2/8

• 4

A group of 5 friends bought a one-quarter of a pound of bubblegum. If they split it equally, how much would each friend get?

• 20

• 1/20

• 4/5

• 1 1/4

An aquarium had 3 tons of fish food. How many months would it take them to use it all if they used one-quarter of a ton each month?

• 12

• 1/12

• 3/4

• 1 1/3

A principal orders 8 sub sandwiches for a teachers’ meeting. She cuts the subs into thirds and puts the mini-subs onto a tray. How many mini-subs are on the tray?

• 3/8

• 24

• 1/24

• 2 2/3

Mrs. Brantley bought 8 pounds of ground beef for a party. She divided the ground beef evenly into ¼ pound hamburgers. How many hamburgers will she be able to make from the 8 pounds of ground beef?

• 2

• 4/8

• 1/32

• 32