Solved Examples and Worksheet for Application of Division of Whole Numbers

Q1There are 1,032 rooms in a holiday resorts in the Bahamas. One third of them are economy class and the remaining are deluxe suites.. How many rooms are economy class?
A. 245
B. 455
C. 344
D. 305

Solutions
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Step: 1
Number of economy rooms = 13 × total rooms = Total rooms ÷3
Step: 2
Total number of rooms = 1032.
Step: 3
Number of economy rooms = 1032 ÷3
Step: 4
So, 344 rooms are of economy class.
Correct Answer is :   344
Q2At a bake sale, a box of cupcakes sold for $10. If there were 2 cupcakes in the box, then how much did each cupcake cost?
A. $6
B. $4
C. $5
D. $7

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Step: 1
Cost of each cupcake = total cost of the box ÷ number of cupcakes in the box.
Step: 2
Cost of the box of cupcakes = $10.
Step: 3
Number of cupcakes in the box = 2.
Step: 4
Cost of each cupcake = 10 ÷ 2 = 5.
Step: 5
So, the cost of each cupcake was $5.
Correct Answer is :   $5
Q3There are 90 students in a class. They are made to stand in 15 equal rows. Find the number of students in each row.
A. 9
B. 5
C. 11
D. 6

Solutions
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Step: 1
Number of students in each row = Number of students in the class ÷ Number of rows.
Step: 2
= 90 ÷ 5
  (Substitute the values)
Step: 3
This division can be done by repeated subtraction as shown.
Step: 4
So, there are 6 students in each row.
Correct Answer is :   6
Q4Bill received 300 phone calls in 6 days. If he received the same number of calls each day, how many calls did he receive in a day?
A. 60
B. 50
C. 70

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Step: 1
30 ÷ 6 = 5
Step: 2
300 ÷ 6 = 50
Step: 3
Bill received 50 phone calls per day.
Correct Answer is :   50
Q5Mac bought 10 shirts for $80. What was the cost of each shirt?

A. $8
B. $28
C. $12

Solutions
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Step: 1
Cost of 10 shirts = $80
Step: 2
Cost of each shirt = total costnumber of shirts
Step: 3
= 8010 = 8
Step: 4
Therefore cost of each shirt = $8.
Correct Answer is :   $8
Q6An event organizer collected $274 125 by selling tickets for a stage show. If the cost of each ticket was $85, then how many tickets were sold?
A. 325
B. 352
C. 3 225
D. 3 252

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Step: 1
Total amount collected = $274 125
Step: 2
Cost of each ticket = $85
Step: 3
Use division to find the number of tickets sold.
Step: 4
Number of tickets sold = Total amount collected ÷ Cost of each ticket
Step: 5
= 274 125 ÷ 85
Step: 6

Step: 7
So, 3 225 tickets were sold.
Correct Answer is :   3 225
Q7875 students are divided into 25 equal groups. Find the number of students in each group.

A. 27
B. 25
C. 35
D. 42

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Step: 1
Number of students in the school = 875
Step: 2
Number of equal groups = 25
Step: 3
Number of students in each group = Number of students ÷ Number of groups
Step: 4
= 875 ÷ 25
Step: 5
So, the number of students in each group is 35.
Correct Answer is :   35
Q8Hiten bought 4 books for Rs 20, each of which costs the same. What was the cost of each book ?

A. Rs 12
B. Rs 5
C. Rs 9
D. Rs 10

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Step: 1
Cost of 4 books = Rs 20
Step: 2
Cost of each book = total costnumber of books she bought = 204 = 5
Step: 3
Therefore cost of each book = Rs 5.
Correct Answer is :   Rs 5
Q9In a lecture hall, there are 216 students sitting in 12 rows. How many students can sit in each row if there are equal number of students in each row ?

A. 8
B. 14
C. 18
D. 16

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Step: 1
In order to find out the number of students in each row, we divide the total number of students by the number of rows in which the students are seated, that is 216 ÷ 12 .
Step: 2
So, the number of students in each row is 18.
Correct Answer is :   18
Q10105 muffins need to be packed into 15 packs. How many muffins should be there in each pack if each pack contains the same number of muffins?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 4
D. 7

Solutions
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Step: 1
Total number of muffins in 15 packs = 105
Step: 2
Number of muffins in each pack = total number of muffinsnumber of packs
Step: 3
= 10515 = 7
Step: 4
Each pack would contain 7 muffins.
Correct Answer is :   7

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