Division Worded Problems

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?

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 9

Emily is a baker.  She bakes 24 loaves of bread, and places them into 4 bags.  How many loaves are in each bag?

• 48

• 60

• 6

• 4

A restaurant needs to buy 367 new plates. If each box has 3 plates in it, how many boxes will they need to buy?

• 122 R 1

• 370

• 123

At the carnival, nine friends bought two hundred fourteen tickets. If they wanted to split all the tickets so each friend got the same amount, how many tickets would each friend get?

• 23 tickets with 7 left over

• 35 tickets with 3 left over

• 7 tickets each

• 926 tickets

A vase can hold nine flowers. If a florist had 878 flowers to put equally into vases, how many full vases would she have?

• 98

• 97

• 102

• 887

William has 36 books.  He can put 9 books on each shelf in his bookshelf.  How many bookshelves can he fill with books?

• 4

• 9

• 12

• 36

Abigail planted 30 pumpkin seeds equally in 5 rows.  How many pumpkin seeds did Abigail plant in each row?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Shontal had 70 pine cones. She divided them equally into 10 bowls. How many pine cones are in each bowl?

• 10

• 70

• 7

• 700

There are 88 balloons and 4 party bags. How many balloons are shared equally per bag?

There are 84 marbles shared equally by 6 friends. How many does each friend receive?