Division Word Problems

There were 28 bouncy balls in the bucket. If they were shared among 7 friends, how many would each friend get?

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What is the total number of packages used for these cupcakes?

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Pam’s school is opening a new school library. She is packing books to help move. She can fit 8 books in each box. The school has 1,088 books. How many boxes does she need?

• Multiplication

• Division

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• Addition

A box of books weighs 27 pounds.  Each book weighs 3 pounds.  How many books are in the box?

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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?

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?

Draw a picture and write an equation explaining this problem.

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?

While playing basketball Team A scored thirty-six points. If each person scored four points, how many people were playing?

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

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There are 45 students in the 7th grade band class.  The director wants to put them into rows of 5 students.  How many rows will he need?

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