Equal Sharing and Grouping
Division and Multiplication
Word Problems
Division leaving a remainder
100

There are 12 eggs and 3 Baskets. How many eggs can be equally placed in each basket?

There are 4 eggs in each basket

100

Write the 2 division sum for the following: 

2 x 5 = 10 

5 x 2 = 10

? / ? = ? 

? / ? = ?

10 / 5 = 2

10 / 2 = 5

100

There are 15 oranges and there are 5 plates. How many oranges can be placed in each plate?

15 / 5 = 3 oranges

100

23 / 4 = 

23 / 4 = 5r3

200

There are 18 counting blocks. How many groups can we make if we divide the counting blocks into groups of 2?

9 groups

200

Write the 2 division sum for the following: 

5 x 7 = 35

7 x 5 = 35

? / ? = ?

? / ? = ?

35 / 7 = 5

35 / 5 = 7


200

There are 48 learners who need a ride to school. Each car can take 4 learners. How many cars are needed to take all the learners to school? 

48 / 4 = 12 cars

200

37 / 5 = 

37 / 5 = 7r2

300

Divide 20 buttons into groups of 5. How many buttons are in each group?

4 buttons

300

Fill in the missing numbers below: 

6 x ? = 24 

? x ? = 24 

24 / ? = ?

24 / ? = ?

6 x 4 = 24

4 x 6 = 24

24 / 6 = 4

24 / 4 = 6



300

Padma has 20 ice lolly sticks. She wonders how many squares can be made with the sticks. How many sqaures could Padma make?

20 / 4 = 5 squares

300

Tya is putting 4 books onto each shelf. She has 29 books to place. How many shelves does she need, and how many books are remaining? 

29 / 4 = 7 shelves and 1 remaining

400

30 divided by 5

6

400

7 x 7 = 49 

? / ? = ?

49 / 7 = 7

400

Toby has made 126 sandwiches for his school fair and wants to display them so there are 3 on each plate. How many plates will Toby need to use? 

126 / 3 = 42 plates

400

30 / ? = 7r2

4

500

45 divided by 9

5

500

Create your own division and multiplication number sentence!

500

Han has 225 building blocks. He wants to make stacks of 5 blocks. How many such stacks of blocks can he make?

225 / 5 = 45 stacks of blocks
500

? / 3 = 8r1

25 

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