Two Step Division Word Problems

Miriam had 63 flowers and 9 vases.

•She threw away 9 flowers that had broken stems.

•She put an equal number of all the flowers she had left into each vase.

How many flowers Miriam put into each vase?

Miriam put (a)   flowers in each vase.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Cassandra used all the balloons in 11 packages to decorate for a party. •There were 6 balloons in each package. •Half of the balloons in each package were red. Which equation can be used to find the total number of red balloons Cassandra used?

• 11 × 6 - 3 = 63

• 11 × 6 ÷ 2 = 33

• 11 - 6 + 2 = 7

• 11 × 6 ÷ 3 = 22

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sam had 48 cookies. He split the cookies equally into 8 bags. He sold 2 bags of cookies. How many cookies did Sam sell?

Sam sold (a)   cookies.

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There was a three-day basketball tournament. Each day, an equal number of people were watching. If the total attendance for the three days was 189, how many were at each game?

• 189 people

• 63 people

• 186 people

• 21 people

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bought 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get?

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Coach bought 5 buckets of baseballs at the start of the season. Each bucket had 16 baseballs.

Coach divided the baseballs equally among 8 players.

How many baseballs did each player get?

• 80

• 10

• 29

• 128

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

• A. 4

• B. 8

• C. 33

• D. 12

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

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

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Angela had 18 Pokemon cards. Her brother gave her 45 more Pokemon cards. She then divided her cards into 9 equal groups. How many Pokemon cards are in each group?

• 18 Pokemon cards

• 54 Pokemon Cards

• 7 Pokemon Cards

• 9 Pokemon Cards

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Sami, Joeli, Angel, and Eli bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8  would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6