Division word problems
Concept
Solve word problems involving division
Rules
Read the word problem.
Identify the divisor and the dividend.
Divide the dividend by the divisor and find the quotient.
Example
A pen cost 2 dollars. How many pens can be bought for 182 dollars?
Solution
91 pens can be bought for 182 dollars.
Practice Division Word Problems
Practice Problem 1
An egg tray can hold 6 eggs. If 732 farm fresh eggs need to be packed, how many trays will be needed?
Practice Problem 2
Fiona had 54 Snicker chocolates. If she gave 7 chocolates to each of her 7 friends and then ate what was left, how many chocolates did Fiona eat?
Practice Problem 3
A famous fast-food chain has 994 outlets worldwide. The outlets are equally distributed across the 7 continents. How many outlets are there in each continent?
Practice Problem 4
A teacher bought a packet of 814 batteries. Each calculator uses 4 batteries. How many calculators utilized the batteries? How many batteries were left unused?
Math Vocabulary
Dividend – The number being divided.
Divisor – The number the dividend is being divided by.
Quotient – The answer to a division problem. In this case, a whole number.
Remainder – Sometimes a division problem doesn’t work out to a whole number. A number that is remaining is called the remainder.
Pre-requisite Skills
Divide by 1 Digit Number
Divide by 2 Digit Number
Related Skills
Word Problems – Problem Solving Investigation
One and two steps – word problems
Division Word Problems (Divide by 2, 5, & 10)
Multiplication – Word Problems
Two Steps – Word Problems
Two and Three-Digits Subtraction – Word Problems
Problem Solving skills-I
Problem solving skills-II
Solving Word Problems by Using Properties of Addition
Solving Word Problems by Addition
Solving Word Problems by Subtraction
Solving Word Problems by Subtracting Across Zero
Multiplication – Word Problems II
Multiply 1 digit Number by 2 digit Number – Word Problems
Multiply Multi-Digit Numbers – Word Problems
Multiply by Tens – Word Problems
Estimate Products – Word Problems
Estimate products – Word problems II
Division With Remainders – Word Problems
Division – Word Problems
Division – Word Problems II
Estimating Decimals – Using Story Problems
Multi-Step Word Problems (Solve Using Draw a Picture Strategy)
Multi-Step Word Problems II