Division Word Problems

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood.  He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house.  Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood.  Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185+25)+40 

• p = (185−25)−40 

• p=(185+25)×40 

• p=(185−25)÷40 

There are 45 marbles, and they need to be shared among 9 children equally. How many marbles will each child get?

• Each child will get 10 marbles.

• Each child will get 7 marbles.

• Each child will get 5 marbles.

• Each child will get 3 marbles.

In a classroom, there are 3765 notebooks to be divided equally among 9 students. How many notebooks will each student have, and how many notebooks will be left over?

• Each student will have 376 notebooks, and there will be 5 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 420 notebooks, and there will be 2 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 400 notebooks, and there will be 5 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 418 notebooks, and there will be 3 notebooks left over.

A library has 4,876 books, and they want to distribute them equally among 9 classrooms. How many books will each classroom get, and how many books will remain?

• 541 books each, 5 books remain

• 542 books each, 4 books remain

• 543 books each, 3 books remain

• 544 books each, 2 books remain

Vianney organized a community bake sale and made 365 cookies. If each container can hold 12 cookies, how many full containers of cookies did Vianney have?

• 30

• 31

• 32

• 33

Ram buys 24 pencils to give all her students in class. He divides the pens equally. Each student gets 3 pencils. How many students are there in her class

• 24

• 8

• 3

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Gael's lemonade stand served 489 cups of lemonade in 3 days. If the number of cups served each day is the same, how many cups are served each day?

• 163

• 173

• 183

• 193

Sami, Joeli, Angel, and Eli bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8  would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

Darren has 21 pencils and seven bags. If he puts the same number of pencils in each bag, how many pencils will be in each bag?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division