Division in Real Life
A school purchased 1,248 pencils. They are divided equally among 6 grade levels. How many pencils does each grade receive?
208 pencils
I am a number. When you divide me by 4, the quotient is 312. What number am I?
1,248
A teacher has 1,457 pencils to divide equally among 6 classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom get, and how many will be left over?
242 R5
8 x __?__ = 1,024
128
1,248 divided by 4
312
A library has 2,436 books. They are placed equally on 4 shelves. How many books go on each shelf?
I am a number between 2,000 and 3,000. When divided by 6, my quotient is 425. What number am I
2,550
A school has 2,839 stickers to put into 7 equal prize bags. How many stickers go in each bag, and how many are left?
405 R4
___?___ divided by 6 = 248
1,488
2,856 divided by 6
476
A stadium has 3,276 seats divided equally into 7 sections. How many seats are in each section?
468 seats
I am a number. When divided by 8, my quotient is 536 with a remainder of 3. What number am I?
4,291
A warehouse has 3,675 books to pack equally into 8 boxes. How many books go in each box, and how many are left?
459 R3
3,456 divided by ___?___ = 432
8
3,675 divided by 5
735
A school orders 3,456 pencils. The pencils are divided equally among 8 classrooms. Each classroom then gives 25 pencils to another classroom for an event.
How many pencils does each classroom have left after giving away 25?
407 pencils
A mystery number is divided by 7. The quotient is 684 with a remainder of 5. What is the mystery number?
4,793
A company has 5,294 water bottles to distribute equally among 9 schools. How many bottles does each school receive, and how many are left?
588 R2
__?__ divided by 7 = 638 R 4
4,470
5,832 divided by 8
729
A school is taking 1,248 fourth-grade students on a field trip. Each bus can hold 48 students. The school has already reserved 20 buses.
How many more buses does the school need to reserve to transport all the students?
6 more buses
I am thinking of a number. When I divide it by 6, I get a quotient of 1,248. If I subtract 375 from my original number, what number do I have left?
7,113
A factory makes 6,782 crayons. Each classroom receives 9 crayons. How many complete classroom sets can the factory make, and how many crayons are left?
753 R5
A number divided by 9 has a quotient of 725 and a remainder of 6. What was the original number?
6,531
8,736 divided by 6
1,456