Division

Division“Repeated Subtraction” or “Inversed Multiplication”

Angelique found 20 pieces of treasure at Treasure Island.

There were 4 treasure chests. She split the treasure into

equal amounts. How much treasure did she fit in each

chest?

Amy, Josh and Daniel went trick-or-treating for

Halloween. The old lady who answered the first door

had 21 pieces of candy. She wanted to share them

equally between the children. How many did they get

each?

Lila baked 24 chocolate chip cookies. She put the

cookies on 4 plates. Each plate had the same number

of cookies. How many cookies were there on each

plate?

Today is Chloe’s birthday! Happy Birthday! She has 12

pieces of birthday cake. 6 of Chloe’s friends are at her

party. How many pieces of cake can each friend get on

their plate?

Mitchell bought 10 pieces of candy from the store.

Mitchell is a very nice person and he is giving his candy

to 5 of his classmates. How many pieces of candy will

each one of his friends get?

Keira, Saara, Madison and Rebecca decided to share a

pack of Oreo’s fairly. There were 24 Oreos in the packet.

How many Oreo’s did they get each?

Jade, Jordyn and Drew were playing with Lego. There

were 27 Lego pieces in the box and they decided to

split them up evenly so that they all had the same

amount to play with. How many pieces of Lego will

they get each?

Kassadee picked 45 strawberries from the strawberry

farm. She divided them equally into 5 punnets. How

many strawberries will she put in each punnet?

Fletcher, Tim and Thomas won their soccer match on the weekend. Their team scored 12 goals. The three boys scored all the goals for their team and they each scored the same

amount as one another. How many goals did they score each?

Shae, Madyson and Tori had $15 to spend on ice-

creams at Dreamworld. They decided to share the

money equally. How much money do they each get to

spend?

Aodhan was playing Mario Kart

on the Wii. He collected 18

bananas to drop on the track.

6 characters slipped the exact same amount of bananas. How

many bananas did they each slip on?

Brieanna’s Mum bought 18 fish for her three children’s fish tanks. Mrs. Hastie wants to share the fish out evenly. How

many fish will they get each?

Brandon’s three dogs are hungry! There are 27 dog treats in the bag and Brandon is going to

spoil them by sharing them equally in each dog’s food bowl! How many treats will they get each?