Grade 5 Division Word Problems Worksheets
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Practice Worksheet
Grade 5 Division Word Problems Practice
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.Ethan has 55 metres of rope and cuts it into 11 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
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- 2.Noah has 8 apples to share equally among 4 friends. How many apples does each friend get?
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- 3.Sophia has 130 dollars to split evenly among 13 savings jars. How much goes in each jar?
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- 4.Emma has 132 dollars to split evenly among 12 savings jars. How much goes in each jar?
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- 5.A baker has 36 cookies and packs them into bags of 9. How many bags are needed?
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- 6.A total of 32 chairs are arranged into 8 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row?
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- 7.Ethan has 14 dollars to split evenly among 7 savings jars. How much goes in each jar?
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- 8.A total of 33 chairs are arranged into 11 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row?
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Show answer key
- Question 1: 5
- Question 2: 2
- Question 3: 10
- Question 4: 11
- Question 5: 4
- Question 6: 4
- Question 7: 2
- Question 8: 3
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About These Worksheets
Grade 5 students solve multi-step division word problems involving two-digit divisors, unit rates, and decimal quotients.
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.