Coach 4 Division Word Problems

Zoe has 8 pictures of her friends. She placed 2 pictures in each row on her bulletin board.

How many rows of pictures of Zoe’s friends are on her bulletin board?

• 4

• 6

• 10

• 16

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Silas has 20 feet of fencing. The fencing is divided into sections that are 4 feet long.

How many sections of fencing does Silas have? 

• 4 feet

• 5 feet

• 6 feet

• 24 feet

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Natalie has a 15-pound purple dumbbell.

It is 5 times as heavy as the orange dumbbell she has.

How many pounds is the orange dumbbell?

• 3

• 5

• 10

• 75

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Sasha bought 6 packs of batteries. She bought 54 batteries in all.

How many batteries are in each pack?

(a)  

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Pick 3 equations that are true about the array of 20 chairs.

• The equation 20÷2=10 represents the number of chairs in each row.

• The equation 22÷2=11 represents the number of chairs in each row.

• Jay could have made 4 rows with 5 chairs in each row.

• Jay could have made 10 rows with 2 chairs in each row.

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Can Marian divide the pens up evenly?

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Fran had 24 balloons. He tied an equal number of balloons to 6 chairs.

How many balloons did Fran tie to each chair?

(a)  

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Mrs. Smith paid $63 for 9 tickets to the circus.

How much did each ticket cost?

(a)  

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Jessie put sheep and wolf treats into sacks.

He divided 40 sheep treats equally into 5 sacks.

He divided 42 wolf treats equally into 7 sacks.

How many sheep or wolf treats are in each sack?

Select True or False for each statement.

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Pick 2 problems that can be solved using division.

• Jane is 6 times older than her sister. Jane is 12.

  How old is her sister? 12÷6=2

• Kalvin is 6 times older than his brother. Kalvin’s brother is 2.

  How old is Kalvin? 6÷2=3

• Leon is 40 years old. His son is 10 years old.

  How many times older is Leon than his son? 40÷10=4

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