Division and Multiplication Word Problems

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

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.

Burger city will need to hire 648 new employees for all the restaurants it plans on opening next year.  If 24 employees are needed to run each restaurant, how many restaurants are being opened next year?

• 24

• 37

• 30

• 27

Emily is a baker.  She bakes 24 loaves of bread, and places them into 4 bags.  How many loaves are in each bag?

• 48

• 60

• 6

• 4

A teacher has 36 students in her class and wants to divide them into groups of 4 for a project. How many groups will there be?

• 6

• 8

• 9

• 12

A group of friends bought 4 pizzas, each cut into 8 slices. If they shared the pizzas equally among 8 friends, how many slices did each friend get?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

Lance has 24 spare gumballs. He plans to share them equally with his 4 classmates. How many gumballs will each classmate get?

• multiplication

• division

A car rental service has 120 cars and wants to distribute them equally among its 8 branches. How many cars will each branch get?

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 20

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

• 8

• 6

• 3

• 5

A school has 180 students and 12 classrooms. If the students are divided equally among the classrooms, how many students will be in each classroom?

• 10

• 15

• 20

• 25