Division Word Problems

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 inches long. She wants to divide it into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 4 inches

• 9 inches

There are 24 cupcakes.  Riley, Maggie, and Laura each have an equal amount of cupcakes.  How many cupcakes does each person have?

• 8

• 24

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

Brent gave 24 gumballs to 4 friends. Each friend got the same amount of gumballs. How many gumballs did each friend get?

• 24

• 4

• 20

• 6

There were 241 pineapples at the farm. They were getting shipped to 24 stores in equal amounts. How many pineapples will each store get?

• 1

• 11

• 10

• 100

James and his friends collected 72 rocks. Each person collected 9 rocks. How many people collected rocks?

• 8

• 9

• 63

• 81

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?

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

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Ms. Weiss cooked some pancakes for herself and 3 family members. She made 28 pancakes to split equally. How many pancakes will each person receive?

• 7

• 4

• 3

• 8

Abigail planted 18 pumpkin seeds equally in 6 rows. How many pumpkin seeds did Abigail plant in each row?

• 4

• 5

• 3

• 8