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) A movie theater needed 48 popcorn buckets. If each package has 9
48 ÷ 9 = 5 r3
6
buckets in it, how many packages will they need to buy?
1.
8
2.
2) A vat of orange juice was 26 pints. If you wanted to pour the vat into 3
26 ÷ 3 = 8 r2
glasses with the same amount in each glass, how many pints would be
4
in each glass?
3.
3) A vase can hold 7 flowers. If a florist had 67 flowers she wanted to put
67 ÷ 7 = 9 r4
5
4.
equally into vases, how many flowers would be in the last vase that
isn't full?
1
5.
4) An airline has 59 pieces of luggage to put away. If each luggage
59 ÷ 6 = 9 r5
1
compartment will hold 6 pieces of luggage, how many will be in the
6.
compartment that isn't full?
3
7.
5) A pizza store had 11 pieces of pepperoni to put on their pizzas. If each
11 ÷ 2 = 5 r1
pizza got 2 pieces, how many extra pieces of pepperoni would they
2
have?
8.
6) Debby had 11 songs on her mp3 player. If she wanted to put the songs
11 ÷ 2 = 5 r1
7
9.
equally into 2 different playlists, how many songs would she have left
over?
5
10.
7) A botanist picked 12 flowers. She wanted to put them into 5 bouquets
12 ÷ 5 = 2 r2
with the same number of flowers in each. How many more should she
6
11.
pick so she doesn't have any extra?
1
12.
8) An industrial machine can make 7 crayons a day. If each box of
7 ÷ 3 = 2 r1
crayons has 3 crayons in it, how many full boxes does the machine
make a day?
9) A restaurant needs to buy 20 new plates. If each box has 3 plates in it,
20 ÷ 3 = 6 r2
how many boxes will they need to buy?
10) A librarian had to pack 28 books into boxes. If each box can hold 6
28 ÷ 6 = 4 r4
books, how many boxes did she need?
11) A school had 22 students sign up for the trivia teams. If they wanted to
22 ÷ 7 = 3 r1
have 7 team, with the same number of students on each team, how
many more students would need to sign up?
12) A movie store had 9 movies they were putting on 2 shelves. If the
9 ÷ 2 = 4 r1
owner wanted to make sure each shelf had the same number of movies
how many more movies would he need?
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