1 Digit Division Word Problems

Vanessa has a ribbon that is 372 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 83 inches

• 93 inches

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Which division problem is represented by the area model? Solve to show your work. 

• 396 ÷ 3 = 132

• 3 ÷ 396 = 132

• 3,096 ÷ 3 = 1,032

• 369 ÷ 3 = 123

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

Solve the following word problem using the partial quotients method: A bakery sold 256 cupcakes in a day. If each tray can hold 32 cupcakes, how many trays did the bakery use?

• 8

• 4

• 16

• 32

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Solve the following word problem using the partial quotients method: A farmer has 1,234 apples. If he wants to distribute them equally among 6 baskets, how many apples will be in each basket?

• 205

• 123

• 412

• 617

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

If there are 4873 pencils to be distributed among 6 students, how many pencils will each student get, and how many pencils will be left over?

• Each student will get 4873 pencils, and there will be 0 pencils left over.

• Each student will get 1000 pencils, and there will be 873 pencils left over.

• Each student will get 800 pencils, and there will be 73 pencils left over.

• Each student will get 812 pencils, and there will be 1 pencil left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

If there are 4987 books in a library and they need to be distributed among 5 different sections, how many books will each section get, and how many books will be left over?

• Each section will get 900 books, with 87 books left over.

• Each section will get 997 books, with 2 books left over.

• Each section will get 1100 books, with 113 books left over.

• Each section will get 1000 books, with 987 books left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A company has 5984 boxes of chocolates to be distributed among 7 stores. How many boxes will each store get, and how many boxes will be left over?

• Each store will get 900 boxes, with 4 boxes left over.

• Each store will get 700 boxes, with 284 boxes left over.

• Each store will get 800 boxes, with 5 boxes left over.

• Each store will get 854 boxes, with 6 boxes left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

In a classroom, there are 3765 notebooks to be divided equally among 9 students. How many notebooks will each student have, and how many notebooks will be left over?

• Each student will have 376 notebooks, and there will be 5 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 420 notebooks, and there will be 2 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 400 notebooks, and there will be 5 notebooks left over.

• Each student will have 418 notebooks, and there will be 3 notebooks left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A school has 5678 books to be distributed equally among 6 libraries. How many books will each library get, and how many books will be left over?

• Each library will get 946 books, with 2 books left over.

• Each library will get 1000 books, with 178 books left over.

• Each library will get 900 books, with 78 books left over.

• Each library will get 800 books, with 278 books left over.

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Mr. Anderson had 185 pieces of wood.  He sold 25 pieces of wood to his neighbor and stacked the rest of the wood into piles around his house.  Each pile of wood contained 40 pieces of wood.  Which equation can be used to find p, the number of piles of wood Mr. Anderson made?

• p = (185+25)+40 

• p = (185−25)−40 

• p=(185+25)×40 

• p=(185−25)÷40 

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8