Division Word Problems Worksheets
The arithmetic in a division word problem is usually the easy part. What children struggle with is deciding that it is a division problem at all, which is why generating new problems matters more here than anywhere else on the site — a memorized answer teaches nothing.
Division Word Problems
Name:Date:Score:
- 1Ayesha shared 16 cards equally between 4 friends. How many cards did each friend get?
- 2Noah shared 45 sweets equally between 5 friends. How many sweets did each friend get?
- 3Jack shared 9 cards equally between 3 friends. How many cards did each friend get?
- 4Zara shared 30 apples equally between 6 friends. How many apples did each friend get?
- 5Ayesha shared 54 sweets equally between 9 friends. How many sweets did each friend get?
- 6Leo shared 36 cards equally between 4 friends. How many cards did each friend get?
- 7Maya shared 30 pencils equally between 3 friends. How many pencils did each friend get?
- 8Priya shared 40 apples equally between 4 friends. How many apples did each friend get?
- 9Jack shared 35 stickers equally between 7 friends. How many stickers did each friend get?
- 10Noah shared 44 stickers equally between 4 friends. How many stickers did each friend get?
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Answer key (10 answers)
- 1. 4
- 2. 9
- 3. 3
- 4. 5
- 5. 6
- 6. 9
- 7. 10
- 8. 10
- 9. 5
- 10. 11
What to watch for when you grade this sheet
- Picking the operation from a keyword rather than the situation.
- Using every number given, including ones that are not needed.
- Getting the arithmetic right and answering a different question than the one asked.
One thing that helps
Ask the child to say what the answer will be a quantity of — cookies, dollars, minutes — before calculating. Naming the unit first prevents most wrong-operation errors.