Word Problem: Division - 2

Q1: A truck was carrying 340 chairs, staked in sets of 5 chairs each. How many stacks of chairs were there on the truck? 

Ans: Total number of chairs = 340.
Chairs per stack = 5

Number of stacks = Total chairs ÷ Chairs per stack.
Number of stacks = 340 ÷ 5 = 68

Therefore, there were 68 stacks of chairs on the truck.

Q2: How many hours are there in 1200 minutes?  

Ans: We use the fact: 1 hour = 60 minutes.

Number of hours =

Number of hours=Number of minutes number of hour

Number of hours = 1200 ÷ 60 = 20
Therefore, there are 20 hours in 1200 minutes.

Q3: The total train fare for 20 persons is 7540 rupees. What is the fare for 1 person?

Ans: The total train fare = 7540 rupees
Number of persons = 20
Fare for 1 person = Total fare ÷ Number of persons.
Train fare for 1 person = 7540 ÷ 20
Therefore, the fare for one person is ₹377.

Q4: In your classes, you counted 120 hands. How many students were in the class? 

Ans: Total number of hands = 120
Number of hands each person has = 2

Number of students = Total hands ÷ 2.

Number of students = 120 ÷ 2 = 60Therefore, there were 60 students in the class.

Q5: 1360 parcel were delivered in 20 days by a courier company. If the company delivered an equal number of packages on all days, how many packages were delivered each day? 

Ans: Total number of packages delivered = 1360
Number of days = 20
Packages delivered per day = Total packages ÷ Number of days.
Packages delivered per day = 1360 ÷ 20 = 68
Therefore, the company delivered 68 packages each day.

Q6: A computer server has 8,497 gigabytes of data that needs to be transferred to external hard drives. If each external hard drive can hold 365 gigabytes, how many hard drives will be filled completely, and how much data will be left to transfer? 

Ans:  Total data = 8497 GB.

Capacity of one hard drive = 365 GB.
Number of full hard drives = Total data ÷ Capacity 
Leftover data = Remainder

8497 ÷ 365 = 23 remainder 102

Therefore, 23 external hard drives will be filled completely and 102 GB of data will remain to be transferred.

Q7: A fruit seller packed 432 apples equally into 9 baskets. How many apples were there in each basket?

Ans: Total number of apples = 432
Number of baskets = 9

Apples per basket = Total apples ÷ Number of baskets
= 432 ÷ 9 = 48

Q8: There are 5,368 pencils packed equally into 24 boxes. How many pencils are there in each box, and how many are left unpacked?

Ans:
Total pencils = 5368
Number of boxes = 24

Number of pencils per box = 5368 ÷ 24 = 223 remainder 16

Therefore, each box has 223 pencils, and 16 pencils are left unpacked.

Q9: A shopkeeper had 960 chocolates. He packed them equally in 16 boxes. How many chocolates did each box have?

Ans: Total chocolates = 960
Number of boxes = 16

Chocolates per box = Total chocolates ÷ Number of boxes
= 960 ÷ 16 = 60

Therefore, each box had 60 chocolates.

Q10: A gardener planted 756 flowers equally in 12 flower beds. How many flowers are there in each bed?

Ans: Total flowers = 756
Number of flower beds = 12

Flowers per bed = Total flowers ÷ Number of beds
= 756 ÷ 12 = 63

Therefore, there are 63 flowers in each flower bed.