Division Word Problems

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

A bus travels its route around a city once a day for 5 days. At the end of the 5th day, the bus had traveled 435 miles. How many miles did the bus travel each day?

• 98 miles

• 87 miles

• 75 miles

• 77 miles

Whistles are in packages of 8 at a sporting goods store. How many packages can be made from 336 whistles?

• 56 packages

• 42 packages

• 46 packages

• 44 packages

A town needs to buy 305 hamburger buns for their big summer barbecue. The hamburger buns come in packages of 6. How many packages should the town buy?

• 47

• 51

• 46

• 50

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

Eli bought 880 green slimy candy bars. He wanted to divide the candy evenly for his 12 kids. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 73 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 75 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 4 green slimy candy bars and 73 would be left over.

• Each kid would get 73 green slimy candy bars and 4 would be left over.

Abigail planted 3000 pumpkin seeds equally in 50 rows. How many pumpkin seeds did Abigail plant in each row?

• 40

• 50

• 60

• 80

William has 3614 books. He can put 91 books on each shelf in his bookshelf. How many bookshelves can he fill with books and how many books are leftover to be filled in the shelf?

• 38 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 39 shelves & 64 leftover books

• 40 shelves and 65 leftover books

• 39 shelves and 65 leftover books

Gary has 7070 books. He has shared his books equally to his 70 juniors in his school. How many books does each junior get?

• 101

• 100

• 70

• 110

A bus holds 37 students. There are 410 students in 4th grade across all sections. How many buses will be needed for a field trip and How many students are in excess to board the bus?

• 12 buses & 14 students

• 14 buses & 11 students

• 15 buses & 7 students

• 11 buses & 3 students