Basic Division
12÷2
6
591÷70
560÷70=8
OR
630 ÷70=9
480÷12
40
A baker has 73 cupcakes to place on trays. Each tray holds 12 cupcakes. She plans to fill each tray completely before using the next one. She finds that 73 ÷ 12 = 6 R1. How many cupcakes will not fit on a tray?
1 cupcake
A bakery has 144 cookies and wants to pack them equally into boxes, with each box holding 8 cookies. How many boxes will be needed?
8 boxes will be needed. (144 ÷ 8 = 18)
35÷5
7
2,518÷32
2,400÷30=80
OR
2,700 ÷ 30 = 90
840÷28
30
A coach is organizing a relay race for 58 students. Each relay team should have 7 students. He finds that 58 ÷ 7 = 8 R2. How many teams will there need to be if every child will get to play?
9 teams
A farmer harvested 325 apples and wants to distribute them equally among 6 baskets. How many apples will each basket contain, and how many apples will be left over?
Each basket will contain 54 apples, and there will be 1 apple left over. (325 ÷ 6 = 54 R1)
24÷4
6
5,684÷90
5,400÷90=60
OR
5,600÷80=70
1323÷25
52 R23
A farmer has 83 oranges to pack in boxes. Each box can hold 9 oranges. He plans to fill each box completely before starting on the next one. He finds that 83 ÷ 9 = 9 R2. How many boxes will be completely filled?
9 boxes will be completely filled
A shipping company needs to deliver 1,296 packages. If each truck can carry 36 packages, how many trucks will be required to deliver all the packages?
36 trucks will be required. (1,296 ÷ 36 = 36)
49÷7
4,917÷33
4,800÷30=160
OR
5,000÷25=200
5678÷34
166 R24
A warehouse has 347 crates of apples that need to be loaded onto trucks. Each truck can carry 15 crates. The workers plan to fill each truck completely before starting on the next one. They find that 347 ÷ 15 = 23 R2. How many trucks will be completely filled?
23 trucks will be completely filled
A library received 4,783 new books and wants to place them evenly across 45 shelves. How many books will be on each shelf? Will there be any left to put on display? How many?
Each shelf will have 106 books, and there will be 13 books left over. (4,783 ÷ 45 = 106 R13)
72÷9
8
9,253÷47
9,000÷50= 180
OR
12345÷67
184 R37
A library received a donation of 1,256 books. The librarian wants to organize the books into stacks, with each stack holding 22 books. She plans to fill each stack completely before starting a new one. She finds that 1,256 ÷ 22 = 57 R2. How many stacks will need to be made if she wants to fitALL of the books?
She needs to make 58 stacks
A factory produces 12,458 toys and needs to pack them into cartons. Each carton can hold 28 toys. How many cartons will be completely filled, and how many toys will not fit in the cartons?
444 cartons will be completely filled, and there will be 10 toys left over. (12,458 ÷ 28 = 444 R10)