Grade 3 Division Word Problems: Understanding and Solving

A bakery made 432 cookies. If they pack them into boxes of 6 cookies each, how many boxes can they fill?

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There are 256 students in a school. If they are divided into groups of 8 for a field trip, how many groups will there be?

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A farmer has 345 apples. He wants to put them into bags with 5 apples in each bag. How many bags can he fill?

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A library has 720 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 9 books per shelf, how many shelves will they need?

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A toy store has 486 toys. If they want to display them in sets of 3 toys each, how many sets can they create?

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A school has 564 pencils. If each student gets 6 pencils, how many students can receive pencils?

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A factory produces 825 toys in a day. If they pack them into boxes of 15 toys each, how many boxes do they need?

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A gardener has 912 flowers. If he plants them in rows of 12 flowers each, how many rows will he have?

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A concert hall has 450 seats. If they sell tickets in groups of 5, how many groups of tickets can they sell?

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A chef made 378 sandwiches. If he wants to serve them on plates with 9 sandwiches each, how many plates will he need?

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