Division Word Problems

A baker has 40 cupcakes and wants to put them into boxes, with 5 cupcakes in each box. How many boxes does the baker need?

• 7 boxes

• 8 boxes

• 9 boxes

• 10 boxes

Answer explanation

The baker needs 40 / 5 = 8 boxes to put all the cupcakes, so the correct answer is 8 boxes.

Sara has 24 cookies. She wants to share them equally among 4 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?

• Each friend will get 10 cookies.

• Each friend will get 6 cookies.

• Each friend will get 5 cookies.

• Each friend will get 8 cookies.

If there are 28 apples and they are to be divided into 4 baskets equally, how many apples will be in each basket?

• 5

• 3

• 10

• 7

There are 45 students in a class. If they are to be divided into 5 groups, how many students will be in each group?

• 9

• 13

• 11

• 7

There are 54 marbles to be divided equally among 9 children. How many marbles will each child receive?

• 10

• 6

• 7

• 8

There are 15 pencils in a box. If each student gets 3 pencils, how many students can receive pencils?

• 5

• 4

• 7

• 6

A farmer has 36 eggs. He wants to pack them in cartons with 6 eggs each. How many cartons does he need?

• 4

• 10

• 6

• 8

A bakery sold 60 cupcakes in a day. If each box contains 6 cupcakes, how many boxes were sold?

• 12 boxes

• 10 boxes

• 8 boxes

• 15 boxes

If there are 32 candies and they are to be shared among 8 children, how many candies will each child get?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

If there are 63 chocolates and they are to be shared among 7 friends, how many chocolates will each friend get?

• Each friend will get 10 chocolates.

• Each friend will get 8 chocolates.

• Each friend will get 9 chocolates.

• Each friend will get 11 chocolates.