Word Problems on Division

Q. There were 42 mangoes in each crate. 12 such crates of mangoes were delivered to a factory. 4 mangoes were rotten and had to be thrown away. The remaining mangoes were packed into boxes of 10 mangoes each. How many boxes of mangoes were there?

Q.

There are eight sections of class $VI$ in a school and there are $40$ students in each section. If the monthly fee of each student is ₹ $1250$, find the total monthly collection from class $VI$.

Q. A farmer wants to plant 42 tomato plants. If he puts 8 plants in each full row, how many rows needed?

1. $6$
2. $8$
3. $5$

Q. Nancy needs 5 lemons to make a glass of lemonade. If she has 250 lemons, how many glasses of lemonade can she make?

1. 25
2. 35
3. 50
4. 75

Q. Rosie's reading book has $128$ pages. She read $5$ pages every day. How many days does it take her to finish the book?

1. $25$
2. $26$
3. $24$

Q. If 196 lb of rice is to be packed in 14 bags, how much rice will each bag contain?

1. 9 lb
2. 12 lb
3. 14 lb
4. 16 lb

Q. There are 87 mangoes in 17 baskets. Find the number of mangoes remaining after all of them have been put into baskets in equal numbers.

1. 1
2. 4
3. 3
4. 2

Q. In your class at school, you can count 146 hands. How many students were there in the class?

1. 70
2. 73
3. 86
4. 92

Q. Nina hiked $20$ kilometers in the past $5$ days. She hikes the same distance every day. How many kilometers did Nina hike each day?

1. $4$
2. $5$
3. $6$

Q. A caterer is arranging tables for 90 people invited to a banquet. Each table can seat 12 people. How many tables are needed?

1. 6
2. 7
3. 8
4. 9

Q. Books are on sale for $\$7.$ Peter has $\$30$ in his wallet. How many books can he buy?

1. $2$
2. $4$
3. $7$

Q. $114\text{chocolates}$ are equally placed in $6\text{boxes}$. How many chocolates are there in each box?

1. $19\text{chocolates}$
2. $21\text{chocolates}$
3. $15\text{chocolates}$
4. $20\text{chocolates}$

Q. A hospital ordered 216 new blankets that will be delivered in 3 equal shipments.

How many blankets will be delivered in each shipment?

1. 71
2. 72
3. 73
4. 74

Q. Miss Coleman has 20 stickers. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each of her 8 students. If she gives away as many stickers as she can, how many stickers will be left over?

1. $4$
2. $2$
3. $0$

Q. If 343 mangoes can be placed in total 7 boxes. ​
How many mangoes can be placed in each box ?

Q. Nesil bought 15 cartons of orange juice, and each carton has 6 packs of juice.
How many packs of juice are there in total?

Q. There are a total of 15 equal rows of trees. If there are 225 trees in all, find the number of trees in each row.

1. 15
2. 22
3. 25
4. 35

Q. Mark plays soccer for $2\text{hours}$ in a day. He plays every day including Sundays. How many hours does he play soccer in $2\text{weeks}$? (Hint: $1\text{week}=7\text{days}$)

Q. There are 143 peanuts in a bowl. A worker has to put them equally in 11 packets.
Find the number of peanuts in each packet.

1. 10
2. 13
3. 18
4. 21

Q. For a year, three friends earned $\$300$ a month together. At the end of the year they divided the money evenly. How much money did each friend earn for the year?

1. $100
2. $400
3. $1200

Q. A teacher bought a packet of $17$ batteries. Each calculator uses $3$ batteries. How many calculators can the teacher fill with batteries?

1. $7$
2. $10$
3. $5$

Q. Brian baked 84 pizzas. If each pizza tray held 9 pizzas, how many trays did Brian used?

1. $9$
2. $8$
3. $10$

Q. Jim went bird watching and photographed each bird he saw in 9 different ways. How many unique birds did Jim witness if he shot a total of 45 photos.

1. $5$
2. $7$
3. $9$

Q.

In a colony, there are $2500$ houses. Out of which, $300$ are vacant. How many houses are occupied?

Q. A bicylce store sells a total of 8 bicycles for $456. Find the price of each bicycle sold.

1. $45
2. $53
3. $57
4. $62

Q. Bob has $7$ action figures. He is trying to make groups of $2.$ How many whole groups of $2$ can he make?

1. 3
2. 1
3. 2