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Understanding Division Problems
Use the completed division problem to answer each question.
A n s w e r s
1) A food company has 14 kilograms of food to put into boxes. If each
14 ÷ 3 = 4 r2
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box gets exactly 3 kilograms, how many full boxes will they have?
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3
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2) A container can hold 5 orange slices. If a company had 12 orange
12 ÷ 5 = 2 r2
slices to put into containers, how many more slices would they need to
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fill up the last container?
3.
3) A coat factory had 16 coats. If they wanted to put them into 5 boxes,
16 ÷ 5 = 3 r1
3
4.
with the same number of coats in each box, how many extra coats
would they have left over?
2
5.
4) A box of cupcakes cost $8. If you had 35 dollars and bought as many
35 ÷ 8 = 4 r3
4
boxes as you could, how much money would you have left?
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4
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5) John wanted to give each of his 4 friends an equal amount of candy. At
26 ÷ 4 = 6 r2
the store he bought 26 pieces total to give to them. He many more
2
pieces should he have bought so he didn't have any extra?
8.
6) Will had 49 baseball cards he's putting into a binder with 9 on each
49 ÷ 9 = 5 r4
4
9.
page. How many cards will he have on the page that isn't full?
4
10.
7) A clown needed 7 balloons for a party he was going to, but the
7 ÷ 2 = 3 r1
balloons only came in packs of 2. How many packs of balloons would
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he need to buy?
7
12.
8) Chloe wanted to drink exactly 4 bottles of water each day, so she
38 ÷ 4 = 9 r2
bought 38 bottles when they were on sale. How many more bottles will
she need to buy on the last day?
9) There are 7 students going to a trivia competition. If each school van
7 ÷ 2 = 3 r1
can hold 2 students, how many vans will they need?
10) It takes 9 grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had 40 grams
40 ÷ 9 = 4 r4
of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?
11) A school had 14 students sign up for the trivia teams. If they wanted to
14 ÷ 5 = 2 r4
have 5 team, with the same number of students on each team, how
many more students would need to sign up?
12) A truck can hold 7 boxes. If you needed to move 44 boxes across
44 ÷ 7 = 6 r2
town, how many trips would you need to make?
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