Grade 4 Division Word Problems Worksheets
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Practice Worksheet
Grade 4 Division Word Problems Practice
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.There are 18 students going on a trip. They are placed into groups of 6. How many groups are there?
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- 2.Sophia has 32 marbles to share equally among 8 friends. How many marbles does each friend get?
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- 3.Ethan has 48 metres of rope and cuts it into 6 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
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- 4.A total of 45 chairs are arranged into 5 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row?
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- 5.Emma has 4 metres of rope and cuts it into 2 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
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- 6.A gardener plants 20 seeds in 5 equal rows. How many seeds are in each row?
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- 7.There are 96 students going on a trip. They are placed into groups of 8. How many groups are there?
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- 8.A gardener plants 30 seeds in 3 equal rows. How many seeds are in each row?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 3
- Question 2: 4
- Question 3: 8
- Question 4: 9
- Question 5: 2
- Question 6: 4
- Question 7: 12
- Question 8: 10
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About These Worksheets
Grade 4 students solve division word problems involving larger numbers and remainders that must be interpreted in context.
Division word problems worksheets apply division skills to realistic scenarios involving equal sharing and equal grouping — splitting a collection evenly among friends, or figuring out how many full groups can be made from a larger set. Recognizing which scenario calls for division, and interpreting the result correctly, is often more challenging for students than the division computation itself.
These worksheets include both sharing problems ("24 stickers shared equally among 4 friends — how many does each friend get?") and grouping problems ("24 stickers, 6 per bag — how many bags?"), since students who only practise one type often struggle to recognize the other on tests. Problems involving remainders are also included, requiring students to decide whether to round the answer up, round it down, or report the remainder directly based on the context.
Skills Practised
- Distinguishing equal-sharing from equal-grouping division scenarios
- Translating written scenarios into division number sentences
- Solving one-step and multi-step division word problems
- Interpreting remainders correctly based on real-world context
- Checking division word problem answers using multiplication
Parent Tip: Ask your child to explain out loud whether a problem is about sharing (splitting into a set number of groups) or grouping (finding how many groups of a certain size fit) before they solve it — naming the type builds recognition for future problems.