Dividing Up: Fun Word Problems for 3rd Graders

If you have 12 apples and want to share them equally among 4 friends, how many apples will each friend get?

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There are 20 cookies and you want to put them into boxes with 5 cookies in each box. How many boxes do you need?

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A farmer has 30 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons of 6 eggs each. How many cartons can he fill?

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You have 24 crayons and want to divide them into groups of 6. How many groups can you make?

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A teacher has 18 pencils and wants to distribute them equally to 3 students. How many pencils will each student receive?

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If a pizza is cut into 8 slices and you eat 2 slices, how many slices are left?

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There are 15 books on a shelf and you want to arrange them in groups of 3. How many groups can you create?

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You have 40 stickers and want to give them to 8 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend get?

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A box contains 36 chocolates. If you want to share them with 9 friends, how many chocolates will each friend receive?

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If you have 50 marbles and you want to put them into bags of 10 marbles each, how many bags will you need?

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