Real-World Division Challenges for 5th Graders

A bakery made 1,250 cookies. If they want to pack them into boxes of 25 cookies each, how many boxes do they need?

• 50

• 40

• 60

• 45

A school has 2,400 pencils to distribute equally among 60 classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom receive?

• 30

• 50

• 60

• 40

A farmer harvested 3,600 apples and wants to put them into bags of 30 apples each. How many bags will he need?

• 100

• 150

• 200

• 120

A library has 1,500 books and wants to arrange them on 50 shelves equally. How many books will go on each shelf?

• 35

• 30

• 25

• 40

A toy store received 2,000 toys and wants to display them in 40 equal sections. How many toys will be in each section?

• 50

• 25

• 100

• 40

A concert hall has 1,800 seats. If 90% of the seats are filled, how many seats are empty?

• 150

• 180

• 200

• 300

A factory produces 4,500 toys in a week. If they work 5 days a week, how many toys do they produce each day?

• 800

• 1000

• 750

• 900

A group of friends bought 1,200 tickets for a concert. If they want to divide the tickets equally among 30 friends, how many tickets will each friend get?

• 40

• 20

• 50

• 30

A gardener has 2,400 flowers to plant in rows of 60 flowers each. How many rows will he plant?

• 40

• 30

• 50

• 60

A restaurant served 1,200 meals in a week. If they served the same number of meals each day, how many meals did they serve each day?

• 150 meals per day for 8 days

• 100 meals per day for 12 days

• 171 meals per day (for 6 days) and 172 meals on 1 day

• 200 meals per day for 6 days