Word Problems: Division
Henry’s teacher wrote the following pattern on the board. What number is represented by __ in the equation?
32 ÷ 4 = 8
320 ÷ 4 = 80
3,200 ÷ 4 = __
800
What is 100 less than the population of Groveville?
Groveville Population: 237,421
237,321
Boden made an array of stamps. Which fact is in the fact family for the array?
o o o o
o o o o
o o o o
A 2 × 6 = 12
B 4 ÷ 3 = 12
C 12 ÷ 2 = 6
D 3 × 4 = 12
D 3 × 4 = 12
Maureen answered 35 problems correctly on each of 4 tests. How many problems did she answer correctly altogether?
140 problems
Pablo makes $23 each day raking leaves. About how much money does Pablo make in one week?
$140 (20 x 7 = $140)
or
$200 (23 x 7 = $161 --> Round to greatest place value and it is $200)
Rita made 36 brownies to share with her class. If each person has 2 brownies, how many people are in her class?
18 people
How many more apples did Smith Apple Orchard sell than Delicious Apple Orchard?
Delicious Apple Orchard: 70,442
Smith Apple Orchard: 71,224
782
Gunnar bought 5 tickets to the movies. Each ticket cost $7. How much money did Gunnar spend?
$35
Notebooks are $5 each. How much are 20 notebooks?
$100
Ten people each had 13 apples. About how many apples were there altogether?
100
(10 x 10 = 100 apples) or (13 x 100 = 130 --> round to the product of greatest place value: 100 apples)
Trevor and Bob were playing a card game. They needed to divide 72 cards equally between them. How many cards should each boy receive?
36 Cards
Below shows the number of visitors to the art museum. How many visitors did the museum have on Friday and Saturday?
Friday: 31,823
Saturday: 32, 543
64,366 visitors
Julius has 3 times as much money as Kyle. Kyle has $5. How much money does Julius have?
$15
Lydia reads 204 pages in a book each month. How many pages will Lydia read in 4 months?
816 pages
Mr. Franklin drives 37 miles each day to and from work. How many miles does he drive in 20 work days?
740 miles
Geri has 125 bows. She wants to put the same number of bows into 5 boxes. How many bows will be in each box?
25 Bows
The state fair had 43,023 visitors on Thursday and 55,435 visitors on Friday. How many visitors did the state fair have on the two days?
98,458 visitors
Chaz calls his grandmother 3 times each month. Juan calls his grandmother 3 times as much. How many times a month does Juan call his grandmother?
9 times
Three cities in Texas each have a population of 1,348 people. How many total people live in the 3 cities?
4,044 people
At a class reunion, there were 56 people who were all 48 years old. What was the total number of years the people had lived?
2,688 years
If the first grade puts 5,697 of cans in each of 9 bags, how many cans will be in each bag?
633 cans
Which number makes this number sentence true?
(4 + 5) + 3 = (2 + 3) + __
7
Gus has 3 of eggs in each of his 4 bowls. Evalie has 3 bowls. Evalie has the same total number of eggs as Gus. How many eggs are in each of Evalie’s bowls?
4 eggs
Graham saved $3,902 each month for 7 months. How much money did Graham save?
$27,314
In a field, there are 67 rows of corn. There are 25 plants in each row. How many corn plants are there?
1,675 plants