Answer Key
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Understanding Division Problems
Use the completed division problem to answer each question.
A n s w e r s
1) Janet had 32 pennies. She wanted to place the pennies into 7 stacks,
32 ÷ 7 = 4 r4
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with the same amount in each stack. How many more pennies would
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she need so all the stacks would be equal?
7
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2) A container can hold 8 orange slices. If a company had 17 orange
17 ÷ 8 = 2 r1
slices to put into containers, how many more slices would they need to
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fill up the last container?
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3) Zoe is making bead necklaces. She wants to use 35 beads to make 8
35 ÷ 8 = 4 r3
8
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necklaces. If she wants each necklace to have the same number of
beads, how many beads will she have left over?
3
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4) There are 39 students going to a trivia competition. If each school van
39 ÷ 5 = 7 r4
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can hold 5 students, how many vans will they need?
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5) Edward's dad bought 31 meters of string. If he wanted to cut the string
31 ÷ 8 = 3 r7
into pieces with each piece being 8 meters long, how many full sized
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pieces could he make?
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6) A food company has 41 kilograms of food to put into boxes. If each
41 ÷ 5 = 8 r1
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box gets exactly 5 kilograms, how many full boxes will they have?
3
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7) A baker had 7 boxes for donuts. He ended up making 48 donuts and
48 ÷ 7 = 6 r6
splitting them evenly between the boxes. How many extra donuts did
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he end up with?
3
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8) A clown needed 18 balloons for a party he was going to, but the
18 ÷ 5 = 3 r3
balloons only came in packs of 5. How many packs of balloons would
he need to buy?
9) A school had 17 students sign up for the trivia teams. If they wanted to
17 ÷ 5 = 3 r2
have 5 team, with the same number of students on each team, how
many more students would need to sign up?
10) A restaurant needs to buy 22 new plates. If each box has 8 plates in it,
22 ÷ 8 = 2 r6
how many boxes will they need to buy?
11) An airline has 15 pieces of luggage to put away. If each luggage
15 ÷ 2 = 7 r1
compartment will hold 2 pieces of luggage, how many will be in the
compartment that isn't full?
12) A post office has 75 pieces of junk mail they want to split evenly
75 ÷ 8 = 9 r3
between 8 mail trucks. How many extra pieces of junk mail will they
have if they give each truck the same amount?
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