5th Grade Division Word Problems
A school is going on a field trip to a local state park. There are 119 children expected to go on this trip, but a school bus only fits 23 children. How many buses will the school need?
6 buses
What is the quotient of 7,518÷14?
537
152 divided by 36
4 R8
92 divided by 12
7 R8
6 dresses
The owner of a snack bar was to put 392 ounces of trail mix into bags. If 18 ounces are put into each bag, how many bags can be completely filled?
21 bags
Leonard drives a truck for a living. He keeps track of the number of miles he drives every day. Leonard has figured out that he drives approximately 434 miles each day. If Leonard drives his truck for 7 hours in a single day, how many miles does he drive each hour?
62 miles
1486 divided by 72
20 R46
927 divided by 9
103
Mr. Musolino has a collection of 532 ducks. He can only fit 36 ducks on each shelf. How many shelves will Mr. Musolino need to fit all of his ducks?
15 shelves
The seating capacity of a concert hall is 2,592. Chairs are being arranged in the concert hall for a performance next week such that there are 54 chairs in each row. If all 2,592 chairs are arranged for the performance, how many rows of chairs will there be?
48 rows
The school bake sale is selling cookies. They have a total of 242 cookies and plan on putting them into boxes of 14. How many boxes can they fill?
17
3048 divided by 73
41 R55
805 divided by 35
23
A restaurant wants to plate the tables ahead of tonight's big event. 14 plates are needed for each table. If they have 497 plates, how many tables can they completely set?
35 tables
A farmer collects 252 eggs each month. Each carton the farmer sells to customers must contain 6 eggs. What is the maximum number of cartons that can be sold each month?
42 cartons
Amir has 1414 gallons of gasoline in his car. He uses 12 gallons of gas every day to drive back and forth to work. How many days can Amir drive to and from work before he must fill up his car with gas again?
117 days
1200 divided by 38
31 R22
2763 divided by 91
30 R33
A baseball team is giving away free tickets to their game for a promotional event. They are planning on giving away 2,364 tickets to 24 lucky schools. If they want to give the same amount to every school, how many tickets will they have left over?
12 tickets
A soccer league manager divides all registered players into teams of 15. If 4,050 players register, how many soccer teams will the manager create?
270 teams
34 and 7/22 feet
3279 divided by 82
39 R81
1150 divided by 25
46
A geologist is splitting up samples of a newly discovered rock formation for his team to analyze. He has collected 468 pounds of rocks and wants to give them to his team of 25 scientists. How many pounds of rocks will each scientist be analyzing?
18 and 18/25 pounds