Division vs Multiplication Word Problems

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 3,372 inches long. She wants to section the ribbon into 293 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• Multiplication

• Division

A farmer collects 2,252 eggs each month. Each carton the farmer sells to customers must contain 11 eggs. How many cartons will the farmer need each month?

• Multiplication

• Division

The students at Brown’s Chapel are going to a football game. One row of seats will seat 13 people. What is the minimum number of rows needed to seat 1,593 people?

• Multiplication

• Division

Jenna flies planes for a living. She keeps track of the number of miles she flies every day. She has figured out that she flies 1,234 miles each day. If Jenna flies her plane for 18 hours in a single day, how many miles does she drive each hour?

• Multiplication

• Division

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

A soup kitchen served 9,271 cartons of milk in 20 days. If the same amount of milk is served each day for 20 days, how many cartons are served each day?

• Multiply

• Divide

A mail carrier places 4,830 envelopes into boxes. Each box can hold a maximum of 60 envelopes. What is the minimum, number of boxes the mail carrier must use?

• Multiply

• Divide

Blackman Middle School has 3,036 students. The principal splits the students into 214 groups. How many students are in each group?

• Multiplication

• Division

A soccer league manager splits registered players into teams of 15. If 405 players register, how many soccer tams will the manager create?

• Multiplication

• Division

The cost to take a vacation on a cruise ship is $326 per person. The cruise ship can hold 1,723 people. If the cruise ship holds the maximum amount of people, how much money will they make?

• Multiplication

• Divison