Basic Division Word Problems

Harley had 70 pine cones. She divided them equally into 10 bowls. How many pine cones are in each bowl?

• 10

• 70

• 7

• 700

Denica had 24 ice cubes. She divided them equally into 6 glasses. How many ice cubes did Denica put in each glass?

• 6

• 4

• 79

• 24

Oscar wants to purchase 60 bars of soap. If the bars of soap come in packs of 6, how many packs should Oscar buy?

• 6

• 640

• 60

• 10

Anthony shipped 50 glass bowls to his mother. If he divided the bowls equally among 10 boxes, how many bowls did Anthony put in each box?

• 50

• 5

• 10

• 500

Solve the problem above.

• 33,120 bags

• 230 bolts

• 24 bolts

• 230 bags

Paul has 49 pieces of candy to pass out on Halloween. After passing out candy to 7 different kids Paul realizes he has no more candy left. Which of the following drawings represents how many pieces of candy Paul handed out to each of the 7 kids?

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Vanessa has a ribbon that is 36 inches long. She wants to divide in into 4 equal parts. What will be the length of each part?

• 156 inches

• 36 inches

• 4 inches

• 9 inches

Decide whether this word problem below is TRUE or False! Hendri has a collection of sport shoes. He has 45 different shoes as his collection. He put those shoes in 5 different lockers equally. So, there are 8 shoes in each lockers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Abigail planted 30 pumpkin seeds equally in 5 rows.  How many pumpkin seeds did Abigail plant in each row?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Tom had 114 baseball cards. He kept 10 and shared the rest evenly among his 8 friends. How many baseball cards did each friend get?

• 15

• 13

• 18

• 12