Division Word Problems

This week we worked on creating and solving division word problems. Mrs. Griswold started with a great problem for us to solve!

Mrs. Griswold went to the store and bought a package of 20 Harry Potter silly bandz for her 12 students. How many silly bandz would each student receive?

After the students easily solved this problem and discovered that each student would get 1 silly band with a remainder of 8, she posed another problem to the class:

Mrs. Griswold doesn't want to have any remainders after giving her students the silly bandz. How many packages would Mrs. Griswold need to buy, with there being 20 in a package, so that each student received the same amount without having any leftovers? How many silly bandz would each student receive?

The students collaborated to find out that Mrs. Griswold would need to buy 3 packages, which would equal 60 silly bandz. Each student would receive 5 silly bandz and there would be no remainders. Even more exciting than solving the puzzle, was when they found out that they were really going to receive 5 silly bandz each!!

After solving the problems, the students had to explain how the solved it. Then each student, or pair of students, created a division word problem and wrote the explanation of how to solve it!



Ian
Word Problem: Ian bought a container of legos for his class. It had 500 pieces and there were 8 people in his class including him. How many containers would Ian have to buy for everyone to have the same amount. 
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) Start with 100 divide among 8 people. Each person should get 12 legos with a remainder of 4.
2.) Then multiply 12 x 5 and you should have 60 legos for each person. Then the remainder should be 20.
3.) Divide the reminder up and each person should get two more legos. Then it should be 62.

Rebecca and Julia
Word Problem: Rebecca has $126. She wants to share with her 9 friends. How many dollars will each friend get?
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) First we have to draw 9 students.
2.) Then we have to see how man dollars they get.
3.) Put $14 in each students column.
4.) Each of the 9 people got $14 dollars.

Sabine
Word Problem: Me and my friends went to the store to get some pet fish, there where 38 fish. How many will they all get out of all of the fish.

Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) First I drew a picture, then I divided the fish up.
2.) They each got three fish with a remainder of 8.
3.) 38/10= 3 R.8

Abby
Word Problem: Grace had 126 dragons and she wanted to share them with 9 of her friends. How many would everyone get?

Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) Start with 9 people give everyone 1 then 2 and so on.
2.) Then count how many dragons each friend had.
3.) 126/9=14, each person gets 14 dragons.

Word Problem:Abby had 54 pieces of gum she wanted to split them up equally among 6 of her friends. How many did everyone get?
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:1.) Start with 6 people.
2.) Give everyone one then two then three and so on. Then count how many every one got.
3.) 54/6=9, each person gets 9 pieces of gum.

Madi and Ava
 Madi bought 36 new lip glosses and she wanted to share them with Ava. How many lip glosses would each person get?
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) First draw 2 people.
2.) Split the 36 in half.
3.) Count them then you are done 
4.) Each of us gets 18 lip glosses.


Sam and Collin
Word Problem: Collin and Sam bought 4 pieces of gum each has 10 pieces. They share it with 3 people not including themselves. How many pieces of gum does everyone get?
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:1.) Find out how many pieces of gum there are total: 4x10=40x2=80
2.) Draw 5 people.
3.) Give everyone a piece until you get to 80.
4.) 80/5=16


Josie and JaShon
Word Problem: There are 12 people in my class and I want to give each a mood ring. There are 60 mood rings in a package, how many mood rings does each student get?
Step-by-step explanation of how to solve the problem:
1.) First draw 12 people.
2.) Then give each person one ring until there is not an equal amount.
3.) 60/12=5, each person gets 5 mood rings.