Division Word Problems
Mrs. Sasse has 10 stickers. She gives an equal amount of stickers to 2 students. How many stickers does each student get?
Each student gets 5 stickers
15 ÷ 3
A toy car costs $5 A toy helicopter costs 2 times as much as the toy car. How much does the toy helicopter cost?
$10
2 x 5
10
Which number is missing from the equation?
5 x ___ = 15
3
Ms. Mojo has 20 pens that she shares with 5 students. Each students gets an equal amount of pens. How many pens does each student get?
Each student gets 4 pens
20 ÷ 10
2
Kelly baked 5 trays of muffins. Each tray holds 3 trays. How many muffins did Kelly bake in all?
15 muffins
10 x 3
30
What is the missing number in the equation?
___ x 3 = 9
3
Brenda has 16 flowers. She puts the same number of flowers into 4 bouquets. How many flowers are in each bouquet?
4 flowers are in each bouquet
36 ÷ 6
6
Steven bought 3 bags of potatoes. Each bag has 7 potatoes. How many potatoes did Steven buy in all?
21 potatoes
6 x 6
36
What is the missing number in the equation?
50 ÷ ___ = 5
10
Jerry has $28 dollars to spend on 4 books. Each book costs the same amount. How much money did each book cost?
Each book costs $7
54 ÷ 9
6
Ebony's garden has 8 row of plants Each row has 10 plants How many plants does Ebony have in her garden?
80 plants
7 x 8
56
Macy has a ribbon that is 15 inches long. She cuts the ribbon into 3 equal parts. What number sentence could be used to find out how long each ribbon is?
15 ÷ 3 = 5
Sidney buys 3 bags of Jolly Ranchers. Each bag has 6 Jolly Ranchers. She shares all the Jolly Ranchers evenly among herself a 2 friends. How many Jolly Ranchers does everyone get?
(HINT: this is a multi-step word problem!)
Each friend gets 6 Jolly Ranchers.
18 ÷ 3 = 6
72 ÷ 8 =
9
John has 7 bookshelves. He has 3 books on each shelf. Max has 10 more books than John has. How many books does Max have?
(HINT: this a two step word problem.
Max has 21 books
9 x 7
63
Erika took 6 guitar lessons a month for 6 months. How many guitar lessons did Erika take in all?
36 guitars lessons