Basic Division Word Problem

Quotient means to...

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

What operation should you do?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division

Emma had 3 slices of pizza. If she wanted to split the pizza between her and her friend, how much do each of them get.

• 1/2

• 2 1/2

• 1 1/2

• 3 

A photographer needs to mail 15 photographs to a newspaper in another town. If she can put 5 photographs in each envelope, how many envelopes will the photographer need to use?

• 3

• 20

• 15

• 5

Anthony shipped 50 glass bowls to his mother. If he divided the bowls equally among 10 boxes, how many bowls did Anthony put in each box?

• 50

• 5

• 10

• 500

Denica had 24 ice cubes. She divided them equally into 6 glasses. How many ice cubes did Denica put in each glass?

• 6

• 4

• 79

• 24

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 4 inches

• 9 inches

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

Three students collected a total of 21 cans for recycling. If each student collected the same amount, how many cans did each student collect? 

• 3 cans

• 7 cans

• 8 cans

• 9 cans

Paul has 49 pieces of candy to pass out on Halloween. After passing out candy to 7 different kids Paul realizes he has no more candy left. Which of the following drawings represents how many pieces of candy Paul handed out to each of the 7 kids?

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