Whole Number Division Word Problems – Grade 6
3. At the Yumyum Diner they get on average 187 customers per hour. Jennifer is a
waitress at the diner, and she said 1,683 customers came into the diner during her shift.
How long was Jennifer’s shift?
1683 ÷ 187 = 9 hours
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4. Delicious Deli ordered 4,200 sugar cookies for a huge party they are catering. The
cookies are shipped in boxes that each contain 2 dozen cookies. How many boxes of
cookies should the deli expect will be delivered?
4,200 ÷ 24 = 175 boxes
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5. The Bakers are traveling by car to Phoenix, Arizona for vacation. They average 65
miles per hour driving. Phoenix is 2,275 miles from their home. How long will it take the
Bakers to get to Phoenix? (Do not include time to stop for gas, eat, etc.)
2,275 ÷ 65 = 35 hours
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6. The IC Ice Pop Company produces 6,000 ice pops per hour. The trays they make the
ice pops in makes 100 ice pops at a time. How many trays of pops must be made in one
hour?
6,000 ÷ 100 = 60 trays
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7. WHDA radio plays 8 songs per hour on their station. How long will it take them to
play their entire collection of 3,542 songs?
3,542 ÷ 8 = 442 R 6 = 442.75 hours = 442¾ hours
= 442 hours, 45 minutes
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8. Tom is filling cup with juice for the class party. There are two gallons of juice and 16
students. How many ounces of juice will each student get? (1 gallon = 128 ounces)
2 · 128 = 256 ounces in 2 gallons
256 ÷ 16 = 16 ounces
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9. Sasha was billed for 1426 text messages on her cellular phone for the month of
October. If she sent the same number of messages each day how many messages did she
send each day?
1,426 ÷ 31 = 46 messages
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10. Bernice’s car gets 23 miles per gallon of gasoline. She is able to drive 437 miles on a
full tank of gas. How many gallons does the gas tank hold?
437 ÷ 23 = 149 gallon tank
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