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.

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CCSS.2.OA.A.1

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.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3B

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 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.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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?

• 5

• 7

• 12

• 36

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8