Skip to content
LessonPrint

Division Word Problems is a free printable Grade 5 maths worksheet on interpreting a remainder in context, aligned to Common Core standard 5.NBT.B.6. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 22 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Division Word Problems

5.NBT.B.6

NameDate

Read carefully, then work out the answer.

1.Ravi has 312 cards and packs them into bags of 15. How many are left over?
Answer:
2.178 children go on a trip. Each minibus seats 21. How many minibuses are needed?
Answer:
3.202 children go on a trip. Each minibus seats 21. How many minibuses are needed?
Answer:
4.Aisha has 379 buttons and packs them into bags of 23. How many are left over?
Answer:
5.166 children go on a trip. Each minibus seats 20. How many minibuses are needed?
Answer:
6.Freya has 141 stickers and packs them into bags of 17. How many are left over?
Answer:

LessonPrint · 5.NBT.B.6 · Set 22 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Division Word Problems

Set 22. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.12
  2. 2.9 (round up — the last 10 still need seats)
  3. 3.10 (round up — the last 13 still need seats)
  4. 4.11
  5. 5.9 (round up — the last 6 still need seats)
  6. 6.5

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 5.NBT.B.6 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.