Three Digit Division Word Problems

A baker has 825 cookies and wants to place them equally into 5 jars. How many cookies will each jar contain?

• 160

• 165

• 170

• 175

A gardener has 735 flowers and wants to plant them equally in 7 rows. How many flowers will be in each row?

• 104

• 105

• 106

• 107

A school has 945 students and wants to divide them equally into 9 buses. How many students will be on each bus?

• 104

• 105

• 106

• 107

A company has 567 chairs and wants to arrange them equally in 3 conference rooms. How many chairs will each room have?

• 188

• 189

• 190

• 191

A zoo has 738 visitors and wants to divide them equally into 6 groups for a guided tour. How many visitors will be in each group?

• 122

• 123

• 124

• 125

A bookstore has 999 books and wants to place them equally on 9 shelves. How many books will each shelf hold?

• 110

• 111

• 112

• 113

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 372 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 83 inches

• 93 inches

What is the quotient of this area model?

• 1,248

• 624

• 2

• 1,874

Which division problem is represented by the area model? Solve to show your work. 

• 396 ÷ 3 = 132

• 3 ÷ 396 = 132

• 3,096 ÷ 3 = 1,032

• 369 ÷ 3 = 123