Practice Division as Sharing in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

Understanding division as distributing a total equally among a given number of groups. This 'fair sharing' model asks: if I share equally, how many does each group get?

12 cookies shared among 4 kids—each gets 3. Division tells us the share size.

Showing a random 20 of 50 problems.

Example 1

easy
Share 12 cookies equally among 4 children. How many does each get?

Example 2

medium
A teacher shares 66 pencils among 11 tables. How many per table?

Example 3

medium
A teacher splits 42 pencils equally between 7 tables, then each table loses 1. How many pencils remain per table?

Example 4

challenge
120 candies are shared among children and one parent so that the children's total share and the parent's share are in the ratio 3:2. How many candies does the parent receive?

Example 5

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45 students are split into equal teams of 9. How many teams are there? Then, if each team gets 4 water bottles, how many bottles are needed total?

Example 6

easy
Share 32 candies equally among 8 kids.

Example 7

easy
Twenty-four cookies are split equally among 6 plates. How many on each plate?

Example 8

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Five friends share a 20-inch sub equally. How long (in inches) is each piece?

Example 9

medium
Twelve donuts are shared among 4 friends, and then 2 more donuts arrive and are added equally to each friend's share. How many does each have now?

Example 10

medium
Twenty-one grapes are shared among 3 kids equally. How many does each get?

Example 11

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A teacher shares 100 stickers as evenly as possible among 7 kids. How many does each get, and how many are left?

Example 12

hard
A prize of $144 is split so that each winner gets $12 except the top winner who gets double. If everyone except the top winner gets the same, and there are 11 winners total, how much does the top winner get?

Example 13

medium
Share 50 stickers equally among 8 kids. How many each, how many left?

Example 14

medium
Forty stickers are shared among 8 kids equally. How many each?

Example 15

medium
A teacher shares 28 books equally among 7 tables, then adds 1 extra book to each table. How many books per table now?

Example 16

easy
Eight friends share 56 trading cards equally. How many each?

Example 17

easy
Twenty-seven crayons are shared equally among 9 children. How many each?

Example 18

easy
Share 35 marbles equally among 7 kids. How many marbles per kid?

Example 19

easy
You have 18 stickers to share equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get?

Example 20

easy
Divide 18 pencils among 6 students equally. How many each?