Division Word Problems

Sophia and Maddie baked 40 cookies. If they share them equally, how many cookies does each girl get?

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 40

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

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Mrs. Jones wants to put her recipes into an album. Each page will hold 6 recipes.  She has 36 recipes.  How many pages will she need?

• 12

• 3

• 6

• 7

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

• 10

• 70

• 7

• 700

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.

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 3720 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 1560 inches

• 360 inches

• 830 inches

• 930 inches

Logan, Abdiel, Leo, and JJ 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.

Darren has 21 pencils and seven bags. If he puts the same number of pencils in each bag, how many pencils will be in each bag?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 372 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 83 inches

• 93 inches

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