Division Story Problems

If I had 24 cookies and I wanted to divide them evenly among 6 children, how many cookies would each child get? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many cookies did each child get?

Emma had 35 baseball cards. She divided them into 5 equal rows. How many cards were in each row? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many cards were in each row?

John has 35 marbles. He is going to put them into piles of 5. How many piles of marbles can John make? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many piles of marbles can John make?

Seven candles fit into each treat bag. Jerry has 56 pieces of candy. How many treat bags can Jerry make? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many treat bags can Jerry make?

Our families are coming to school for a math night. Each cafeteria table holds 8 people. We have 48 people coming. How many tables will we need? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many tables were needed?

Mrs. Gorman has 28 tape measures and she wants to put the same number of tape measures in each toolkit. She has 9 toolkits. How many tape measures will each kit get? Will there be any left over? Show your work using sketches, words, or numbers.

How many tape measures did each kit get? Were there any left over?