One-Step Division Word Problems

Zachary has 18 pieces of candy corn. He is going to share his candy corn equally with 2 friends. How many candy corn will Zachary and his 2 friends get if he shares them equally?

• 9

• 6

• 17

• It will NOT be evenly shared

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

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Kevin has 48 cards and gave them to 6 friends to share equally. How many does each friend get?

• 42

• 8

• 7

• 144

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Which of the following is a key word for division word problems?

• Total

• Difference

• Shared equally

• Times

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has thirty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

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?

Paige has 60 flyers she organized in piles. There are 10 flyers in each pile. How many piles are there?

• 6 piles

• 50 piles

• 60 piles

• 70 piles

There are 35 campers equally sharing 5 tents. How many campers are in each tent?

• 9

• 7

• 30

• 40

Ethan wants to check the division problem below. 6 ÷ 3 = 2. Which number sentence represents the inverse operation he can use?

• 3 + 3 = 6

• 6 - 3 = 3

• 2 x 3 = 6

• 3 + 2 = 6