Solve Word Problems Involving The Division Of Whole Numbers

The school librarian unpacked boxes containing 2,408 new books. She divided the books equally among the 28 elementary classes in the school. How many books did the school librarian give each class?

• 97

• 88

• 86

• 84

Grace earned $3,264 last month. If she makes $16 per hour, how many hours did she work?

• 205 hours

• 52,224 hours

• 202 hours

• 204 hours

A grocery store receives a delivery of 2,760 packets of potato chips. There were 23 boxes delivered that each contained the same number of packets. How many packets were in each box?

• 100 packets

• 120 packets

• 125 packets

• 150 packets

A 5th grade class collects 608 cans in their fall food drive. To transport it to a local food bank, the students will pack it in boxes that hold 32 cans. How many boxes will they need?

• 18.5 boxes

• 18 boxes

• 19 boxes

• 1,500 cans

James collected 344 toys that he wanted to donate to families. He decided that each family could receive 12 gifts. How many families could he help this year?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

There were 241 pineapples at the farm. They were getting shipped to 24 stores in equal amounts. How many pineapples will each store get?

• 1

• 11

• 10

• 100

Unlimited Sports ordered shirts in preparation for the football season. The company ordered 945 shirts in all. The shirts come in boxes of 35 shirts each. How many boxes were ordered?

• 26 boxes

• 37 boxes

• 27 boxes

• 36 boxes

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood.  He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house.  Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood.  Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185+25)+40 

• p = (185−25)−40 

• p=(185+25)×40 

• p=(185−25)÷40 

A local theme park recorded that 97,991 people visited the park in August. There are 31 days in August. On average, how many people visited the park each day in August?

• 3,161

• 3151

• 3125

There were 1515 ice cream cones at a birthday party. The ice cream cones were placed on 15 plates. How many ice cream cones are on each plates?

• 105

• 501

• 101

• 100