Word Problem: Division - 1 | Mathematics for Class 3 PDF Download

Q.1. Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers.
She counted her crayons and found out that she has 80 crayons which she will place in crayon boxes. Every crayon box can contain 8 crayons. How many crayon boxes does she need?

80 ÷ 8 = 10
She needs 10 crayon boxes.

Q.2. Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers.
Besides the piles of white paper was a stack of 700 sheets of used paper. She wants to place it in boxes for recycling. If every box can contain 100 sheets, how many boxes does she need?

700 ÷ 100 = 7
She needs 7 boxes.

Q.3. Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers.
Lexie’s younger brother helped pick up all the paper clips in Lexie’s room. He was able to collect 81 paper clips. If he wants to distribute the paper clips in 9 boxes, write an equation showing how many paper clips each box will contain.

81 ÷ 9 = 9
Each box will contain 9 paper clips.

Q.4. Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers.
3 piles of clean white papers were stacked in the corner of her room. She decided to place these papers in paper envelopes which can hold 10 papers each. How many paper envelopes does she need if she has 120 clean white papers?

120 ÷ 10 = 12
She needs 12 clean white papers.

Q.5. Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers.
Lexie’s spent 2 hours gathering all of her watercolor paintings. She thought of placing an equal number of paintings in four of the rooms in the house. If Lexie has 32 watercolor paintings, how many paintings will be placed in each of the four rooms?

32 ÷ 4 = 8
There will be 8 paintings to be placed in each of the four rooms.

Q.6. Shiela has started writing a list of the gifts that she plans to give to her family and friends this Christmas.
For her classmates, she made colorful paper stars which will be placed in small clear bottles. She was able to prepare 45 paper stars. How many stars will be placed in each bottle if Shiela has 9 classmates?

45 ÷ 9 = 5
There will be 5 stars to be placed in each bottle.

Q.7. Shiela has started writing a list of the gifts that she plans to give to her family and friends this Christmas.
Allan, Shiela’s brother, likes to play with blocks. Shiela repainted Allan’s old blocks in different colors. If Allan has 49 blocks and there are 7 blocks for every color of paint used, how many colors did Shiela use?

49 ÷ 7 = 7
Shiela used 7 colors for the blocks.

Q.8. Shiela has started writing a list of the gifts that she plans to give to her family and friends this Christmas.
It has been tradition in Shiela’s home to hang a sock above the fireplace for each member of the family. This year, she placed a cinnamon ball every day in the socks for 5 of her family members. Write an equation showing how many days she can she do this if she bought 50 cinnamon balls?

50 ÷ 5 = 10
Shiela can do this for a total of 10 days.

Q.9. Shiela has started writing a list of the gifts that she plans to give to her family and friends this Christmas.
Shiela has 6 neighbors who like to collect animal drawings. Shiela has a talent for drawing, so she drew 54 animals on pieces of paper that are 10 inches wide and 10 inches tall. If she plans to give the same number of animal drawings to her neighbors, how many drawings will each neighbor receive?

54 ÷ 6 = 9
Each neighbor will receive 9 animal drawings.

Q.10. Shiela has started writing a list of the gifts that she plans to give to her family and friends this Christmas.
Aside from drawing animals, Shiela is fond of painting flowers. She can name 12 different types of flowers!  If she has 18 paintings of flowers, how many paintings can she give to each of her two grandmothers?

18 ÷ 2= 9
She can give 9 paintings to each of her two grandmothers.

Q.11. Christian and his parents went to Mount Falton National Park for the weekend. They were welcomed warmly by the rangers who invite volunteers and call them “earth keepers”.
The junior ranger asked Christian to help him place 420 seedlings in packets. If every packet needs to contain 7 seeds, how many packets do they need?

420 ÷ 7 = 60
They need 60 packets.

Q.12. Christian and his parents went to Mount Falton National Park for the weekend. They were welcomed warmly by the rangers who invite volunteers and call them “earth keepers”.
Christian’s father and the senior ranger gathered firewood as they walked the 5 miles towards the lake. If every sack can contain 20 pieces of wood, how many sacks were they able to fill if they gathered 80 pieces of wood?

80 ÷ 20 = 4
They were able to fill 4 sacks of wood.

Q.13. Christian and his parents went to Mount Falton National Park for the weekend. They were welcomed warmly by the rangers who invite volunteers and call them “earth keepers”.
Sunday morning was spent making wood carvings which can be sold as souvenirs to tourists. They were placed in shelves that can contain 8 wood carvings at a time. If 56 wood carvings were displayed, write an equation to determine how many shelves were filled with carvings.

56 ÷ 8 = 7
A total of 7 shelves were filled with carvings.

Q.14. Christian and his parents went to Mount Falton National Park for the weekend. They were welcomed warmly by the rangers who invite volunteers and call them “earth keepers”.
Christian’s mother prepared lemonade. Every pitcher of lemonade can fill 5 glasses. If she was able to serve 30 glasses of lemonade in 2 hours, how many pitchers of lemonade did she prepare?

30 ÷ 5 = 6
She prepared 6 pitchers of lemonade.

Q.15. Christian and his parents went to Mount Falton National Park for the weekend. They were welcomed warmly by the rangers who invite volunteers and call them “earth keepers”.
Christian and the junior ranger brought a bag of 140 nails as they visited every station assigned to the junior ranger. If they left exactly 7 nails in every station they visited, how many stations did they visit?

140 ÷ 7 = 20
Joline and the junior ranger visited 20 stations.