Mastering Division: Real-Life Problems for Grade 5

A baker has 48 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill?

• 10

• 6

• 8

• 12

Sarah has 120 stickers and wants to share them equally among her 8 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?

• 15

• 20

• 12

• 10

A farmer has 90 apples and wants to divide them into bags of 10 apples each. How many bags will he have?

• 10

• 7

• 9

• 8

Tom read 150 pages of a book in 5 days. If he continues at the same rate, how many pages does he read per day?

• 25 pages per day

• 40 pages per day

• 30 pages per day

• 35 pages per day

A school has 240 students and wants to divide them into groups of 12 for a field trip. How many groups will there be?

• 18

• 22

• 20

• 24

Lisa has 84 marbles and wants to give them equally to her 7 friends. How many marbles will each friend receive?

• 12

• 8

• 10

• 14

A library has 360 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 15 books per shelf. How many shelves will they need?

• 30

• 24

• 20

• 18

A gardener has 56 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 8. How many rows can he plant?

• 6

• 8

• 7

• 9

A toy store has 225 toys and wants to display them in sets of 15. How many sets can they create?

• 20

• 10

• 12

• 15

A chef has 144 eggs and wants to use them in cartons of 12. How many cartons will he fill?

• 10

• 14

• 12

• 8