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Q.4 Choose the correct equation for two-step division word problems

At a school fair, 63 game tokens are shared equally among 9 teams.
Each team divides its tokens into 3 equal piles.

How many tokens are in each pile?

 

There are 42 beads shared equally among 6 students. Each student divides their beads into 7 equal rows.

Which step comes next after 42 ÷ 6 = 7?

 

There are 88 marbles shared equally among 11 children.
Each child makes 4 equal groups.

Which step comes next after 88 ÷ 11 = 8?

 

There are 84 blocks shared equally among 7 boxes. Each box is split into 4 equal parts.

Which step comes next after 84 ÷ 7 = 12?

 

At a carnival, 72 ride passes are shared equally among 9 groups.
Each group splits their passes into 3 equal sets.

How many passes are in each set?

 

Nyla has 45 books to place on tables.
She puts the same number of books on each of 5 tables.
Then she takes away 2 books from each table.

Which equation shows how many books are left on each table?

 

Mila wrapped 72 small gifts for a holiday event.
• She placed them equally into 8 boxes.
• Then she added 4 surprise gifts to each box.

Which equation can be used?

 

There are 36 apples shared equally among 4 baskets. Each basket is split into 3 equal parts.

Which step comes next after 36 ÷ 4 = 9?

 

A teacher has 64 pencils.
She shares them equally among 8 students.
Each student then places their pencils into 4 equal groups.

How many pencils are in each group?

 

Soren has 36 paint brushes for his class.
He shares them equally among 4 groups.
Then he gives each group 5 more brushes.

Which equation shows how many brushes each group has now?

Aria bought 48 balloons for her birthday party.
• She put the same number of balloons into 6 gift bags.
• Then she added 2 extra balloons to each bag.

Which equation can be used?

 

Zane packed 63 apples for a school picnic.
• He placed them equally into 9 baskets.
• Then he took 1 apple out of each basket.

Which equation can be used?

 

A bakery made 72 cupcakes.
They are packed equally into 9 boxes.
Each box is then divided into 3 equal sections.

How many cupcakes are in each section?

 

Liam’s toy shop has 56 toy cars.
• Liam places an equal number of toy cars in 8 boxes.
• He then adds 3 more toy cars to each box.

Which equation can be used to find how many toy cars are in each box now?

 

Kian has 80 juice boxes to share with his team.
He gives the same number of juice boxes to each of 10 players.
After that, he gives every player 2 more juice boxes.

Which equation shows how many juice boxes each player has now?

 

Rowan baked 54 cookies.
• He packed them equally into 6 containers.
• Then he ate 3 cookies from each container.

Which equation can be used?

 

There are 48 stickers shared equally among 12 children. One child makes 2 equal groups.

Which step comes next after 48 ÷ 12 = 4?

 

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