3 Digit by 1 Division
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
GOOFUS!
Division or Multiplication
100

What is 547 divided by 3? 

182 R1

100
The Bluegrass Runners group runs a total of 240 miles each week. The members of the group run 6 days per week. How many miles do the members run each day?
What is 40 miles each day?
100
261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
100
Goofus solved the following division problem: 872 divided by 5. He got the quotient 290 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
100
Divide 739 by 6. What is your quotient?
What is 123 Remainder 1.
200

What is 225 divided by 3?

75

200

The Biking Club rode 2,256 miles total during the month of October. That is 3 times as many miles as they rode in September. How many miles did the ride in September?

What is 752 miles. (Watch for extra information in word problems!)

200
Larissa is trying to earn $119 for some new art supplies. If she charges 3 dollars to rake leaves from a yard, how many yards will she have to rake to earn the money?
What is 40 yards? (You had to interpret the remainder for this problem)
200
Goofus solved the following division problem: 310 divided by 4. He got the quotient 77 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is YES, Goofus was correct.
200

Thomas has 6 times as much candy as Mike. If Mike has 43 pieces of candy, how much does Thomas have?

258

300

672 Divided by 6?

112

300

Melissa purchased a new computer for her home. The computer cost $3,395. She would like to make 5 equal payments to pay off the computer. How much will each payment be?

What is $679.

300
A new video game console needs five computer chips. If a machine can create four hundred sixty-seven chips a day, then how many video game consoles can be created in one day?
What is 93 consoles with 2 computer chips left over.
300

Goofus solved the following division problem: 667 divided by 6. He got the quotient 111 Remainder 1. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!

What is YES, Goofus was correct!

300

There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?

What is 12,880 legs.

400

954 divided by 7?

136 R2

400

Marty put 62 brownies on 5 plates. She put the same number of brownies on each plate. How many brownies will there be on each plate? Will there be any leftover? (Hint: Answer both questions)

What is 12 brownies on each plate. Yes there will be 2 brownies left over.

400

Mrs. Wilkins has tickets to pass out to all of the classrooms for a program. She has 165 flyers and she needs to pass out an equal amount to 9 classrooms. Solve to find out how many each classroom would receive.

What is 18 flyers for each classroom. 3 flyers will be leftover.

400

Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got the quotient 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!

What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.

400

A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?

What is $19,128.

500

Jordan had 273 pencils to give out to her 8 friends. How many pencils will each of her friends get? Will there be any leftover?

34 Pencils and there will be 1 left over.

500

5th grade is going on a field trip to Louisville, Kentucky. There are 139 boys going and 84 girls going. There needs to be a chaperone for each group of 6 children. How many chaperones will need to go on the field trip so that ever student is in a group?

What is 38 chaperones. (The answer is 37 Remainder 1, 1 student can't be left alone, therefore they will need 38 chaperones).

500
653 divided by 6 =
What is 108 Remainder 5?
500

Goofus solved the following division problem: 276 divided by 3. He got the quotient 34 Remainder 4. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!

What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.

500

24 pizzas were cut into 15 pieces each. How many total pieces of pizza are there?

360

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