Division Word Problems
Division Word Problems
Division Word Problems
How many monkeys in each cage? 2. Lucy shares 42 marbles between her and her 6 friends. How many does each child get? 3. In each box there are 6 eggs. How many in 6 boxes of eggs? 4. Mrs. Jones picks 3 flowers a day starting on Monday. How many does she have by Sunday? 5. 6 cats have 4 kittens each. How many kittens are there in total? 6. In a school there are 320 children. There are 10 classrooms. How many children in each class? 7. I have 66 cookies and can fit 6 cookies into a box. How many boxes will I need? 8. There are 9 smarties in a mini box. How many smarties in 6 boxes? 9. How many wheels are there on 8 cars? 10. There are 7 windows on a house. How many windows on 3 houses?
Extension 11. 15 children are at a party. 3 go home. The others share 48 sweets. How many do they each get? 12. 9 groups of 9 children go to a sports day. 7 are sick. How many children take part? 13. Each box has 8 pencils in it. Mr. Robert has 6 boxes of pencils but 4 pencils are broken. How many does he have? 14. There are 60 sheep in a field. 12 more arrive. The sheep are then shared equally among 6 farmers. How many sheep do they each get? 15. A waitress has to count the total number of glasses in the restaurant. There are 5 boxes with 9 glasses in each. She notices that 8 glasses are broken. How many are there? 16. 24 children take off their shoes next to the bouncy castle. The dog comes and runs away with 3 shoes. How many shoes are left?