Division Word Problems

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

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 8

Joe made $24.00 dollars mowing lawns last week.  He charges 4 dollars per lawn.  How many lawns did he mow last week?

• 8

• 6

• 3

• 5

There are 45 students in the 7th grade band class.  The director wants to put them into rows of 5 students.  How many rows will he need?

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 9

A cereal box holds 18 cups of cereal.  Each serving is 2 cups.  How many servings are in the box?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 9

Mrs. Jones wants to put her recipes into an album. Each page will hold 6 recipes.  She has 36 recipes.  How many pages will she need?

• 12

• 3

• 6

• 7

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

• 10

• 70

• 7

• 700

A box of books weighs 27 pounds.  Each book weighs 3 pounds.  How many books are in the box?

• 5

• 9

• 7

• 4

Logan, Abdiel, Leo, and JJ bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8 would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

Darren has 21 pencils and seven bags. If he puts the same number of pencils in each bag, how many pencils will be in each bag?

• Subtraction

• Addition

• Multiplication

• Division

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