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Division - word problems

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

It takes 62 apples to make a pie. Beverly has 744 apples. How many pies can she make?

a)

12

b)

21

c)

15

d)

14

3.

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

a)

1

b)

11

c)

10

d)

100

4.

a bus holds 30 students. There are 100 students in 4th grade. How many buses will be needed for a field trip?

a)

5

b)

3,000

c)

3

d)

4

5.

A box of pencils has 40 pencils. Chloe wants to split them equally between herself and 4 friends. How many pencils will each friend get?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

44

d)

160

6.

Trevell has a large marble collection. He wants to share his marbles equally between himself and his 3 friends. Trevell has 84 marbles. How many marbles will each person get?

a)

29

b)

28

c)

22

d)

21

7.

Marcus has 55strings of lights to put up in the front yard. He has two trees to decorate with strings of lights. How many strings of light can he use on each tree?

a)

14

b)

18

c)

27

d)

29

8.

Marc drove 448 miles to go to see a basketball game. He drove for 8 hours. What is the average number of miles Marc drove each hour?

a)

56

b)

65

c)

1045

d)

20,216

9.
Fred has 162 blue balloons. Fred has 27 times more blue balloons than Benny. How many blue balloons does Benny have? 
a)
6
b)
189
c)
4274
d)
4374
10.
It takes two grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had thirteen grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?
a)
6 rulers
b)
7 rulers
c)
1 gram
d)
What color were the rulers?
11.
Pablo was building a hotel downtown. He bought 399 lamps to put in the rooms. If each room gets 7 lamps, how many rooms does the hotel have? 
a)
A hotel would never work in this town
b)
56 lamps
c)
57 rooms
d)
2,793 rooms