Answer Key
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Understanding Division Problems
Use the completed division problem to answer each question.
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1) A coat factory had 33 coats. If they wanted to put them into 8 boxes,
33 ÷ 8 = 4 r1
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with the same number of coats in each box, how many extra coats
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would they have left over?
3
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2) A recycling company had 16 pounds of material to sort. To make it
16 ÷ 5 = 3 r1
easier they split them into boxes with each full box having 5 pounds,
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how many full boxes did they have?
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3) Luke had 9 pieces of candy. If he wants to split the candy into 2 bags
9 ÷ 2 = 4 r1
4
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with the same amount of candy in each bag, how many more pieces
would he need to make sure each bag had the same amount?
6
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4) Rachel had 37 photos to put into a photo album. If each page holds 9
37 ÷ 9 = 4 r1
8
photos, how many full pages will she have?
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4
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5) A machine in a candy company creates 48 pieces of candy a minute. If
48 ÷ 7 = 6 r6
a small box of candy has 7 pieces in it how many full boxes does the
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machine make in a minute?
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6) A grocery store needed 22 cans of peas. If the peas come in boxes with
22 ÷ 3 = 7 r1
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3 cans in each box, how many boxes would they need to order?
1
10.
7) A builder needed to buy 20 boards for his latest project. If the boards
20 ÷ 6 = 3 r2
he needs come in packs of 6, how many packages will he need to buy?
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7
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8) Tom has to sell 8 chocolate bars to win a trip. If each box contains 3
8 ÷ 3 = 2 r2
chocolate bars, how many boxes will he need to sell to win the trip?
9) A restaurant needs to buy 18 new plates. If each box has 5 plates in it,
18 ÷ 5 = 3 r3
how many boxes will they need to buy?
10) An art museum had 15 pictures to split equally into 2 different
15 ÷ 2 = 7 r1
exhibits. How many more pictures would they need to make sure each
exhibit had the same amount?
11) Maria had 32 songs on her mp3 player. If she wanted to put the songs
32 ÷ 7 = 4 r4
equally into 7 different playlists, how many songs would she have left
over?
12) A school had 49 students sign up for the trivia teams. If they wanted to
49 ÷ 8 = 6 r1
have 8 team, with the same number of students on each team, how
many more students would need to sign up?
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