Division Word Problems
Instructions: Solve each word problem below. Show all your working and write your answer in a complete sentence. Think carefully about how to interpret any remainders.
1. A school is organising a trip to the museum. There are 156 students going and each bus can hold 42 passengers. How many buses are needed?
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2. A bakery made 385 cookies and wants to pack them equally into boxes of 24. How many complete boxes can be filled, and how many cookies will be left over?
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3. A rope that is 847 cm long needs to be cut into pieces that are each 35 cm long. How many pieces can be cut?
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4. Six friends won $1,254 in a competition and want to share the money equally. How much money will each person receive?
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5. A farmer has 2,184 apples to pack into crates. Each crate holds 48 apples. How many crates will be completely full?
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