Division Word Problems

Melanie has 48 muffins, which she needs to box up into dozens (12). How many boxes does she need?

• 2 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 36 boxes

• 60 boxes

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

If there are 63 apples and 7 baskets, how many apples will you put in each basket to distribute them equally?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A farmer has 48 eggs. He wants to pack them in cartons that hold 8 eggs each. How many cartons does he need?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

I cut my cake into 16 pieces to share with my friends. There are four of us. How many pieces will each of us get?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 6

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Angela had 18 Pokemon cards. Her brother gave her 45 more Pokemon cards. She then divided her cards into 9 equal groups. How many Pokemon cards are in each group?

• 18 Pokemon cards

• 54 Pokemon Cards

• 7 Pokemon Cards

• 9 Pokemon Cards

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Mrs. Vick has 4 boxes of drum sticks. There are 9 drum sticks in each box. Mrs. Vick them gave an equal number of drum sticks to 6 classes. How many drum sticks did each class receive?

• 7

• 6

• 30

• 36

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.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.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Paul has 49 pieces of candy to pass out on Halloween. After passing out candy to 7 different kids Paul realizes he has no more candy left. Which of the following drawings represents how many pieces of candy Paul handed out to each of the 7 kids?

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Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

A baker bakes 54 cookies and wants to pack them in boxes, each box holding 9 cookies. How many boxes does he need?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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

• 5

• 9

• 7

• 4

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3