Grade 5 Word Problems: Division word problems

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What students practice: Story contexts that apply Grade 5 division; remainders are not generated.

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Grade 5 · Word Problems

Division Word Problems

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Set 1 · Grade 5 · Word Problems

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Easy

At the start of the term, a school gives out 1,948 stickers equally to 4 classrooms. How many stickers does each classroom receive?
Answer: 487
A delivery brought 507 pencils to the school this week. They are packed equally into 39 boxes. How many pencils are in each box?
Answer: 13

Standard

The school's fun run needs 912 granola bars, shared equally among 2 bins the night before. How many granola bars go in each bin?
Answer: 456
At the start of the year, a school has 250 pencils to split evenly among 10 classrooms. How many pencils does each classroom get?
Answer: 25

Challenge

A delivery brought 3,036 crayons to the school this week. They are packed equally into 92 boxes. How many crayons are in each box?
Answer: 33
A delivery brought 2,812 crayons to the school this week. They are packed equally into 76 boxes. How many crayons are in each box?
Answer: 37

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Multiplication word problems
All grades: Word Problems worksheets, Grades 1–5
Same skill in Grade 3: Grade 3 Word Problems: Division word problems
Same skill in Grade 4: Grade 4 Word Problems: Division word problems

Related Common Core standards

5.NBT.B.6 — Find whole-number quotients with up to four-digit dividends and two-digit divisors.

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.