Division Word Problems
Do these word problems.
[5 marks]
Example:
There are 25 children in a class. 5 children form a study group. How
many study groups are there?
There are
5
1.
Mrs James buys 20 pencils. She distributes 4 pencils to each of her
children. How many children are there?
There are
2.
3 boys share 12 strawberries equally. How many strawberries does each
boy get?
Each boy gets
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study groups.
children.
strawberries.
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3.
Miss Suzy bakes 18 cupcakes. She gives all the cupcakes to 9 students
equally. How many cupcakes does each student receive?
Each student receives
4.
Mr Thomas cuts a pizza into 10 slices. The pizza is shared among some
people equally. If each person gets 2 slices of pizza, how many people
share the pizza?
people share the pizza.
5.
A fruiterer has 30 pears. He packs the pears equally into 5 plastic bags.
How many pears are there in each plastic bag?
There are
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cupcakes.
pears in each plastic bag.
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Solution to
Division Word Problems
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