Simply Division 1
Simply Division 2
Division Word Problems
Estimation
Writing to Explain
100
79/3
26 R1
100
136/6
22 R 4
100
84 people are playing in a baseball league. The league is broken up into 6 teams. How many people will be on each team?
14 people will be on each team
100
Estimate the quotient of 128/6.
20
100
Jack bought 9 packs of baseball cards. Each pack has 5 cards in it. How many baseball cards did Jack buy? What operation did you use to figure this out?
9*5= 45 baseball cards; Multiplication
200
107/10
10 R 7
200
762/8
95 R2
200
Kasey has 56 cookies to sell at a bake sale. If she puts 2 cookies in each bag, how many bags will she need?
28 bags
200
Estimate the quotient of 6298/9.
700
200
Kelly claims that if she organizes her collection of 62 teddy bears into 7 equal piles, she will have exactly 9 teddy bears in each pile. Is Kelly correct? Why or why not?
Answers will vary
300
855/3
285
300
865/5
173
300
Kayla has 92 figurines to put on 4 shelves. How many figurines will be on each shelf?
23 figurines
300
The 4th graders were in school for 182 school days. If they went to school for a total of 9 months, about how many days of school did they attend each month?
About 20 days
300
Justin has a total of 76 stickers. Will he be able to give away all of his stickers equally to 5 friends? Explain your reasoning.
Answers will vary.
400
192/7
27 r 3
400
5417/3
1805 R 2
400
Trudy has 71 toys to put into 10 party gift bags. How many toys will she put in each bag? How many will be leftover?
7 toys in each bag; 1 toy leftover
400
The 4th grade classes want to have a big party at the end of the year, but in order to afford all of the food and party games, they will need to raise $123. If there are four 4th grade classes, about how much money will each class need to raise in order to reach their goal?
About $30
400
I'm taking a roadtrip and driving from Dallas, TX to Washington D.C., for a total of 1329 miles. If I drive the same number of miles each day for a total of 4 days, how many miles will I drive each day? What does the remainder mean?
I will drive 332 miles each day, and there will be 1 mile leftover that I did not drive. I would have to drive one extra mile to get to my destination.
500
8562/4
2140 R 2
500
4652/8
581 R 4
500
Katie has 186 beads she is using to make bracelets. Each bracelet needs 5 beads. If she makes as many bracelets as possible, how many can she make? How many beads will be leftover?
37 bracelets; 1 bead leftover
500
Kelsey wants to buy the new Kindle for $79. She is saving up money from her part-time job where she makes $7 an hour. About how many hours will it take Kelsey to save up enough money? Would this estimate be too low or too high?
Sample answer: 11 hours is probably a good estimate for the amount of hours Kelsey will have to work since 77 is a close, compatible number with 7. 77 is lower than the original cost of the Kindle so this estimate will be lower than the actual number of hours she will need to work.
500
Kyle is making trailmix and uses 2 cups of chocolate chips, 4 cups of cereal, 6 cups of pretzels, and 2 cups of mini marshmallows. If he is putting it into 7 bowls to share, how much chex mix will be in each bowl? How do you know? Share the steps that you took to solve this problem.
Answers will vary