Division Word Problems

Kevin purchased a new box of 90 sports cards. He kept 48 cards and gave the rest to 6 friends to share equally. Which fact can Kevin use to determine how many cards to give each friend?

• 42

• 7

• 15

• 144

Dianne bought 48 tickets for rides at the carnival. The tickets were shared equally among 6 people. Each ride takes 2 tickets. How many rides can each person ride?

• 4

• 8

• 12

• 40

There are 24 people running around the track. If the runners are evenly divided among the track's 4 lanes, how many people are running in each lane?

• 40

• 24

• 4

• 6

Alison has 63 apples to give to kids. Each apple is sliced into 7 pieces. How many apples will each kid get if they are supposed to get 21 apple pieces each?

• 9

• 7

• 3

• 4

Janet uploaded forty-five pics to Facebook. If she put the pics into five albums with the same number of photos in each album, how many photos were in each album?

Draw a picture and write an equation explaining this problem.

Tom bought several boxes of books at a yard sale and ended up with twelve books total. If each box had two books how many boxes did he buy?

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has thirty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make?

Katie is making bead necklaces for her friends. She has twenty-five beads and each necklace takes five beads. How many necklaces can Katie make? Draw a picture and write an equation to show your thinking.

A pet store had eighteen snakes. They had the snakes in cages with two snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

A pet store had eighteen snakes. They had the snakes in cages with two snakes in each cage. How many cages did the pet store have?

Draw a picture and write an equation explaining this problem.