Division Word Problems

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

Draw a picture and an equation that shows this problem.

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has twenty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

Draw a picture and write an equation to show your thinking.

A pet store had eighteen snakes. They had the snakes in cages with two snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

Janet uploaded forty-five pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into five albums with the same number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album?

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has thirty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

Shontal had 70 pine cones. She divided them equally into 10 bowls. How many pine cones are in each bowl?

• 10

• 70

• 7

• 700

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

• 6

• 4

• 79

• 24

Sam wants to purchase 60 bars of soap. If the bars of soap come in packs of 6, how many packs should Sam buy?

• 6

• 640

• 60

• 10

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

• 50

• 5

• 10

• 500

For a parade, 18 dancers arranged themselves evenly in 6 rows. How many dancers were in each row?

• 3

• 18

• 12

• 6