Division Word Problems

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.

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?

Draw a picture and write an equation explaining this problem.

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?

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?

Mrs. Samson bought 294 craft sticks for a class project. She divides her class into 7 groups and gives each group an equal number of sticks. If she uses all of the sticks, how many will each group receive?

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A teacher buys 24 books. If she gives each student 4 books, how many students are there?

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• 8

Answer explanation

Dividing the total number of books (24) by the number of books each student receives (4) gives the number of students, which is 6.

Joselin has a ribbon that is 35 inches long. She cuts it into 7 equal parts. Which model shows a representation of the length of each part?

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Christine has 15 cookies. She bakes 21 more cookies. If she divides all of the cookies evenly among 3 friends, how many cookies will each friend get?

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• 7

• 12

• 36