One-Step Division Word Problems

A carpenter fitted 32 brown and white doors in a block of flats.

He fitted 3 times as many brown doors as white doors.

How many white doors did he fit in the block of flats?

Mrs. Ivey was making muffins. She made a total of 28 muffins. If she shared them equally on 4 plates. How many would be on each plate?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

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

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 2

There are 24 strawberries in a bag. Emily divides 24 strawberries equally among 6 friends. How many strawberries does each friend get?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Zachary has 18 pieces of candy corn.

He is going to share his candy corn equally among 3 friends.

How many candy corn does each person receive??

• 9

• 6

• 17

• It will NOT be evenly shared

There are 18 pencils, and they need to be divided equally among 6 students. How many pencils will each student get?

• Each student will get 3 pencils.

• Each student will get 2 pencils.

• Each student will get 10 pencils.

• Each student will get 6 pencils.

A farmer has 24 cows, and he wants to divide them into 4 equal groups. How many cows will be in each group?

• 6

• 12

• 10

• 8

There are 15 candies, and they need to be shared equally among 3 friends. How many candies will each friend get?

• 10

• 3

• 7

• 5

If there are 20 toys, and they need to be packed into 4 boxes with an equal number of toys in each box, how many toys will be in each box?

• 5

• 10

• 8

• 3

A factory produces 7 toys in an hour. How many toys will they produce in 5 hours?

• 35

• 12

• 25

• 42