Basic Division Word Problems

The students at EP Foster School collected 2,790 cans of fruit for Cheers for Children. Each student brought in 5 cans. How many students attend the school?

• 840 students

• 585 students

• 855 students

• 558 students

There are 5,896 beads in a barrel at a factory. These beads will be sold in packets of 4. How many full packets can be made from the beads in the barrel?

• 1,474 full packets

• 1,384 full packets

• 1,447 full packets

• 1,394 full packets

John has 8 cabinets, he splits 139 papers between 7 cabinets. He put the remaining papers in the 8th cabinet. How many papers did he put in the 8th cabinet?

• 19

• 20

• 6

Yudith has 19 red shirt and 37 black shirts. She wants to put them into 8 equal groups. How many will be in each group?

• 56

• 70

• 7

• 560

Zachary has 18 pieces of candy corn. He is going to share his candy corn equally with 2 friends. How many candy corn will Zachary and his 2 friends get if he shares them equally?

• 9

• 6

• 17

• It will NOT be evenly shared

Melia is packing gift boxes for her nine friends. She wants 72 items to be shared with her friends. Each gift box can only hold four items. How many gift boxes does Melia need?

• 8

• 9

• 16

• 18

Jordan brought four plates of cookies to share with his tennis team. There are nine cookies on each plate. How many cookies does each teammate get if there are six teammates?

• 27

• 5

• 36

• 6

Kevin purchased a new box of 90 sports cards. He kept 48 cards and gave the rest to 6 friends to share equally. Which fact can Kevin use to determine how many cards to give each friend?

• 42

• 7

• 15

• 144

Dianne bought 48 tickets for rides at the carnival. The tickets were shared equally among 6 people. Each ride takes 2 tickets. How many rides can each person ride?

• 4

• 8

• 12

• 40

Paige has 60 flyers she organized in piles. There are 10 flyers in each pile. How many piles are there?

• 6 piles

• 50 piles

• 60 piles

• 70 piles