Teacher Workbooks
Mathematics Series
Word Problems, Division – Vol. 1
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Table of Contents
Division Word Problems
1-30
Answers
31
Standards
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand
numbers, 2) understand meanings of operations and how they
relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable
estimates
Answers
1-30
31
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Abigail had to read a book with 372 pages. She
read for 12 days. How many pages did she read
each day?
128 / 128 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve the following number sentence.
Answer: ___________
What is 3,400 divided by 8 equal?
384 divided by 16 equals ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
A city zoo ordered 5,400 pounds of food for
the giraffes. The zoo has 8 giraffes. How many
pounds of food will each giraffe have?
Three thousand forty five apple trees are on the
farm. Lydia and her four brothers each divide
the farm up and each care for a different
section. How many trees does Lydia care for?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
What is 17,508 divided by 12 equal?
Solve.
1,564 divided by 23 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve the following equation.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
15,621 / 41 = ?
144 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
928 / 4 = ?
288 / 5 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve the following math problems.
54 / 6 = ?
Solve.
6,385 / 1 = ?
81 / 9 = ?
72 / 9 = ?
Answers: ________________________
What is the answer to a division problem
called?
Answer: ___________
Change the following fraction into a decimal.
6/8ths
Answer: ___________
Solve the following math sentence.
Answer: ___________
What is 24 divided by 6 equal?
Twenty-seven divided by nine equals what
number?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Estimate the following.
Change the following fraction to a percent.
637 / 8 = ?
7 / 100 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Will read about 135 pages a night for 5 nights. What is the answer to a division problem
About how many pages did he read each night? called?
Answer: ___________
Dorothy needed to equally divide her tomatoes
into 25 groups. She had 625 tomatoes. How
many tomatoes were in each group?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
727 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve the number sentence below.
What is $46.68 divided by 2 equal?
1,872 / 16 = ?
Answer: ___________
Change the following fraction into a decimal.
Answer: ___________
Three thousand seventy eight bales of hay were
equally grouped. How many groups were there
if 18 bales of hay were in each group?
36/57
Answer: ___________
What is the answer to a division problem
called?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
488 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Identify the digit considered to be the quotient.
Solve.
96 / 12 = 8
737 / 11 = ?
Answer: ___________
Compute the following number sentence.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
2,226 divided by 3 equals ?
120 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
72 / 9 = ?
96 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
What is fifty-four divided by six equal?
Solve.
132 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
36 / 6 = ?
42 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
35 / 5 = ?
66 / 11 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve the following number sentence.
What is the answer to a division problem
called?
45 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Change the following fraction into a decimal.
7 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
81 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve the following number sentence.
Answer: ___________
Any number divided by the number one will
equal what?
Six thousand fifty four divided by zero equals
what number?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Any number divided by itself will always equal Any number divided by zero will equal what
what number?
number?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
73,463,209 / 0 = ?
8,173 / 1 = ?
Answer: ___________
What is the inverse operation of division?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
36 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
What is the inverse operation of
multiplication?
Solve the following number sentence.
Ninety-six divided by twelve equals what
number?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Justin drove a total of 350 miles in 5 days.
How many miles did he drive each day?
28 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
What is the answer to a division problem
called?
Answer: ___________
Identify the number that reflects the quotient of
the following number sentence.
54 / 6 = 9
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Fill in the missing number/
What operation is the inverse of division?
32 / ? = 8
Answer: ___________
What do you do to check a division problem
answer?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
42 / ? = 7
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
A man is selling popcorn at a local fair. He has
99 boxes left. If 9 equally sized groups of
people arrive and buy him out of popcorn, how
many people were in each group?
48 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
25 / 5 = ?
32 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
What number reflects the quotient in the
following number sentence?
72 / 6 = 12
Answer: ___________
Solve the following number sentence.
Fifty-four divided by six equals what number?
Answer: ___________
What operation is used to check a division
problem answer?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
36 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
If a beach had 12 lifeguard stations and a
lifeguard amount of 24 people, how many
lifeguards could be at each station?
63 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
Tina had 35 new bulbs to plant. She made 7
rows. How many bulbs could she plant in each
row?
Answer: ___________
Tyler made 64 goals in 8 weeks of hockey.
How many goals did he make each week?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Kevin waited for 18 hours in 3 equals blocks of Solve.
time for his home to be painted. How many
blocks of time did it take to paint his home?
28 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Maggie was paid $56.00 for working eight
hours. How much did Maggie earn an hour?
Solve.
45 / 5 = ?
Answer: ___________
What number reflects the quotient in the
following number sentence?
21 / 7 = 3
Answer: ___________
Solve.
60 / 5 = ?
Answer: ___________
Tom worked for 11 hours and made $ 88.00.
How much did he make an hour?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
What is the inverse of division?
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
What is the answer to a division problem
called?
72 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
42 / 7 = ?
36 / 3 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve the following number sentence.
Forty-eight divided by eight equals what
number?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Solve.
108 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
45 / 9 = ?
24 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
48 / 8 = ?
50 / 10 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
108 / 108 = ?
63 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
88 / 11 = ?
18 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
16 / 4 = ?
48 / ? = 8
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
84 / ? = 7
36 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
36 / ? = 9
24 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
24 / 12 = ?
624 / 0 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
25 / 1 = ?
15 / 5 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
49 / 7 = ?
60 / ? = 12
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
21 / 7 = ?
54 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
42 / 6 = ?
32 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
45 / 5 = ?
40 / ? = 8
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
60 / ? = 6
55 / 11 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
12/ 4 = ?
18 / 2 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
63 / 9 = ?
24 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
30 / ? = 10
33 / 11 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
56 / 7 = ?
72 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
40 / 5 = ?
20 / 2 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
15 / 5 = ?
48 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
12 / 4 = ?
12 / 3 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
16 / 2 = ?
16 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
32 / 4 = ?
32 / 8 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
64 / 8 = ?
48 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
18 / 9 = ?
72 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
44 / 4 = ?
30 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
120 / 10 = ?
120 / ? = 12
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
90 / 9 = ?
84 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
63 / 9 = ?
144 / 144 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
10 / 2 = ?
14 / 7 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
48 / 8 = ?
36 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
21/ 3 = ?
18 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
48 / 12 = ?
48 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
54 / 9 = ?
36 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
80 / 10 = ?
20 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
50 / 5 = ?
66 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
42 / 7 = ?
15 / 5 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
54 / 6 = ?
72 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
48 / 8 = ?
21 / 7 = ?
]
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
18 / 3 = ?
24 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
20 / 10 = ?
81 / 9 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
35 / 7 = ?
54 / 6 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Name _______________________________
Math- Division
Date __________________________
Show all work. Write your answer on the line provided.
Solve.
Solve.
44 / 4 = ?
72 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
54 / 9 = ?
20 / 4 = ?
Answer: ___________
Solve.
Answer: ___________
Solve.
24 / 2 = ?
24 / 12 = ?
Answer: ___________
Answer: ___________
Instructional programs should enable all students 1) to understand numbers, 2) understand meanings of
operations and how they relate to one another, 3) compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.
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Answers
Page 1
1, 31 pages, 24, 425, 675 lbs., 609 trees
Page 16
5, 4, 6, 5, 1, 7
Page 2
1,459, 68, 381, 12, 232, 576
Page 17
8, 2, 4, 6, 12, 3
Page 3
9 9 8, 6,385, quotient, .75, 3, 4
Page 18
4, 3, 2, 0, 25, 3
Page 4
64, .07, 27 pages, quotient, 25 tomatoes, 121
Page 19
7, 5, 3, 6, 7, 4
Page 5
117, $23.34, .375, 171 bales, quotient, 61
Page 20
9, 5, 10, 5, 3, 9
Page 6
8, 67, 742, 10, 8, 12
Page 21
7, 6, 3, 3, 8, 6
Page 7
9, 11, 6, 6, 7, 6
Page 22
8, 10, 3, 6, 3, 4
Page 8
5, quotient, .58, 9, 0, that number
Page 23
8, 2, 8, 4, 8, 4
Page 9
that #, 0, 0, 8,173, multiplication, 9
Page 24
2, 8, 11, 5, 12, 10
Page 10
division, 8, 4, 70 miles, quotient, 9
Page 25
10, 12, 7, 1, 5, 2
Page 11
4, multiplication, multiply, 6, 12, 11 people
Page 26
6, 6, 7, 2, 4, 12
Page 12
5, 8, 12, 9, multiplication, 4
Page 27
6, 9, 8, 5, 10, 11
Page 13
9, 2, 5, 8, 6, 4
Page 28
6, 3, 9, 6, 6, 3
Page 14
$7.00, 9, 3, 12, $8.00, multiplication
Page 29
5, 4, 2, 9, 5, 6
Page 15
9, quotient, 6, 12, 6, 12
Page 30
11, 6, 6, 5, 12, 2
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