Division word problems
The question
How many cookies went in each box?
Omar put 4 cookies equally into 2 boxes.
Omar put 4 cookies equally into 2 boxes.
numbers:42
4 ÷ 2
asked:How many cookies went in each box?
4 ÷ 2 =2
2 cookies
- Read the whole story first, before picking out numbers.
- The numbers are 4 and 2. What to do with them comes from the story.
- One total shared into equal groups, with the question asking how big one group is — sharing is dividing. So this one is a division: 4 ÷ 2.
- 4 ÷ 2 = 2 cookies — that answers "How many cookies went in each box?".
How it works.
- 01
Read the whole story first, before picking out numbers.
- 02
The numbers are 4 and 2. What to do with them comes from the story.
- 03
One total shared into equal groups, with the question asking how big one group is — sharing is dividing. So this one is a division: 4 ÷ 2.
- 04
4 ÷ 2 = 2 cookies — that answers "How many cookies went in each box?".