Division Word Problems

Before we start:

For you, what is the hardest part of division word problems?

Noah has 45 soccer balls. He splits the total number of soccer balls up into 5 equal bags. How many soccer balls are in each of the bags?

Mrs. Goulet brought 4 evenly divided boxes of muffins to class. There are 28 muffins altogether. How many muffins are in each box?

Lila scooped 16 scoops of ice cream evenly onto 8 cones. How many scoops of ice cream are on each cone?

Kendra puts 18 fish into X fish tanks. She put 6 fish into each tank. The number sentence below can be used to find how many fish tanks Kendra used.

18 ÷ X = 6

How many tanks did Kendra use?

Tyler puts 60 bags of M & M's into X boxes. He put 6 bags of M & M's into each box. The number sentence below can be used to find how many boxes Tyler used.

60 ÷ X = 6

How many boxes did Tyler use?

Cadence puts 30 stuffed animals into X bags. She put 5 stuffed animals into each bag. The number sentence below can be used to find how many bags Cadence used.

30 ÷ X = 5

How many bags did Cadence use?

To wrap up:

For you, what is the hardest part about division word problems?