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Understanding Division Problems
Use the completed division problem to answer each question.
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1) A post office has 19 pieces of junk mail they want to split evenly
19 ÷ 5 = 3 r4
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between 5 mail trucks. How many extra pieces of junk mail will they
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have if they give each truck the same amount?
3
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2) An industrial machine can make 29 crayons a day. If each box of
29 ÷ 8 = 3 r5
crayons has 8 crayons in it, how many full boxes does the machine
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make a day?
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3) George bought 17 pieces of candy to give to 5 of his friends. If he
17 ÷ 5 = 3 r2
7
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wants to give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he
have left over?
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4) There are 50 students going to a trivia competition. If each school van
50 ÷ 8 = 6 r2
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can hold 8 students, how many vans will they need?
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5) Sam had 13 pieces of candy. If he wants to split the candy into 3 bags
13 ÷ 3 = 4 r1
with the same amount of candy in each bag, how many more pieces
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would he need to make sure each bag had the same amount?
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6) A school had 14 students sign up for the trivia teams. If they wanted to
14 ÷ 4 = 3 r2
4
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have 4 team, with the same number of students on each team, how
many more students would need to sign up?
3
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7) Roger has to sell 40 chocolate bars to win a trip. If each box contains 7
40 ÷ 7 = 5 r5
chocolate bars, how many boxes will he need to sell to win the trip?
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8) Faye had saved up 7 quarters and decided to spend them on sodas. If it
7 ÷ 3 = 2 r1
costs 3 quarters for each soda from a soda machine, how many more
quarters would she need to buy the final soda?
9) Each house a carpenter builds needs 2 sinks. If he bought 9 sinks, how
9 ÷ 2 = 4 r1
many houses would that cover?
10) Robin is making bead necklaces. She wants to use 31 beads to make 4
31 ÷ 4 = 7 r3
necklaces. If she wants each necklace to have the same number of
beads, how many beads will she have left over?
11) A clown needed 39 balloons for a party he was going to, but the
39 ÷ 7 = 5 r4
balloons only came in packs of 7. How many packs of balloons would
he need to buy?
12) A movie theater needed 76 popcorn buckets. If each package has 8
76 ÷ 8 = 9 r4
buckets in it, how many packages will they need to buy?
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