Division Problems

A library has 48 books and wants to arrange them equally on 8 shelves. How many books will each shelf have?

• 6 books

• 5 books

• 7 books

• 8 books

Answer explanation

To arrange 48 books equally on 8 shelves, each shelf will have 48 / 8 = 6 books. Therefore, each shelf will have 6 books.

A pizza is cut into 12 slices and 3 friends want to share it equally. How many slices will each friend get?

• 4 slices

• 3 slices

• 5 slices

• 6 slices

Answer explanation

To share the pizza equally, each friend will get 12 ÷ 3 = 4 slices.

A gardener has 45 flowers and wants to plant them in 9 equal rows. How many flowers will be in each row?

• 5 flowers

• 6 flowers

• 7 flowers

• 4 flowers

Answer explanation

To find the number of flowers in each row, divide the total number of flowers (45) by the number of rows (9), which equals 5 flowers in each row. Therefore, the correct answer is 5 flowers.

A baker has 40 cupcakes and wants to put them into boxes, with 5 cupcakes in each box. How many boxes does the baker need?

• 7 boxes

• 8 boxes

• 9 boxes

• 10 boxes

Answer explanation

The baker needs 40 / 5 = 8 boxes to put all the cupcakes, so the correct answer is 8 boxes.

Sara has 24 cookies. She wants to share them equally among 4 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?

• Each friend will get 10 cookies.

• Each friend will get 6 cookies.

• Each friend will get 5 cookies.

• Each friend will get 8 cookies.

There are 15 pencils in a box. If each student gets 3 pencils, how many students can receive pencils?

• 5

• 4

• 7

• 6

A farmer has 36 eggs. He wants to pack them in cartons with 6 eggs each. How many cartons does he need?

• 4

• 10

• 6

• 8

If there are 28 apples and they are to be divided into 4 baskets equally, how many apples will be in each basket?

• 5

• 3

• 10

• 7

There are 45 students in a class. If they are to be divided into 5 groups, how many students will be in each group?

• 9

• 13

• 11

• 7

A bakery sold 60 cupcakes in a day. If each box contains 6 cupcakes, how many boxes were sold?

• 12 boxes

• 10 boxes

• 8 boxes

• 15 boxes