Grade 3 Division Word Problems Worksheet
This Grade 3 Division Word Problems worksheet helps students practice sharing and grouping equal quantities, connecting division to multiplication, and explaining what a quotient means in everyday situations. The printable practice moves from straightforward one-step problems to multi-step and mixed review. It is designed for third graders, families, teachers, tutors, and homeschool learners.
How to Use These Worksheets
• Print the practice pages and have students write their work before choosing an answer.
• Encourage drawings, equal groups, arrays, skip-counting, or multiplication facts to check division.
• For word problems, underline the question and circle the quantities and units.
• Use Easy practice for building confidence, Medium for grade-level fluency, Advanced for extension, and Mixed for review.
• Check work with the answer key at the end; answers are not shown beside the questions.
Skills Covered
• Interpreting division as equal sharing and equal grouping.
• Solving one-step division word problems with whole-number quotients.
• Using multiplication facts within 100 to solve and check division.
• Recognizing the relationship between multiplication and division.
• Solving selected two-step problems and explaining answers with units (extension where noted).
Easy Division Word Problems
Solve each one-step problem. Use equal groups, drawings, or multiplication facts to help.
1. Mia has 12 stickers and shares them equally among 3 friends. How many stickers does each friend get? Answer: ______________________________
2. A teacher puts 20 pencils equally into 5 cups. How many pencils are in each cup? Answer: ______________________________
3. There are 18 apples packed equally into 6 bags. How many apples go in each bag? Answer: ______________________________
4. Noah has 16 toy cars and puts the same number on 4 shelves. How many cars are on each shelf? Answer: ______________________________
5. A class has 24 crayons to share equally among 8 tables. How many crayons go on each table? Answer: ______________________________
6. Lena reads 21 pages over 3 days, reading the same number each day. How many pages does she read each day? Answer: ______________________________
7. Thirty cookies are arranged equally on 5 plates. How many cookies are on each plate? Answer: ______________________________
8. A farmer places 27 eggs equally into 3 cartons. How many eggs are in each carton? Answer: ______________________________
9. There are 14 markers shared equally by 2 art groups. How many markers does each group get? Answer: ______________________________
10. A coach gives 32 cones equally to 4 teams. How many cones does each team get? Answer: ______________________________
11. A baker puts 15 muffins equally into 5 boxes. How many muffins are in each box? Answer: ______________________________
12. Forty students form 8 equal teams. How many students are on each team? Answer: ______________________________
13. A gardener plants 18 flowers in 3 equal rows. How many flowers are in each row? Answer: ______________________________
14. Sam sorts 28 baseball cards equally into 4 piles. How many cards are in each pile? Answer: ______________________________
15. A library places 36 books equally on 6 shelves. How many books are on each shelf? Answer: ______________________________
16. Twenty-four oranges are shared equally among 6 baskets. How many oranges are in each basket? Answer: ______________________________
17. A student has 35 beads and makes 5 equal bracelets. How many beads go on each bracelet? Answer: ______________________________
18. There are 42 chairs arranged in 7 equal rows. How many chairs are in each row? Answer: ______________________________
19. A pack has 16 erasers shared equally among 8 students. How many erasers does each student get? Answer: ______________________________
20. A pet store puts 45 fish equally into 5 tanks. How many fish are in each tank? Answer: ______________________________
21. Twenty-seven juice boxes are split equally among 9 children. How many does each child get? Answer: ______________________________
22. A teacher shares 30 sheets of paper equally among 10 students. How many sheets does each student get? Answer: ______________________________
23. There are 48 grapes divided equally among 6 bowls. How many grapes are in each bowl? Answer: ______________________________
24. A player scores 24 points over 4 games, scoring the same number each game. How many points per game? Answer: ______________________________
25. A shop puts 18 toy blocks equally into 2 bins. How many blocks are in each bin? Answer: ______________________________
26. Thirty-six shells are shared equally by 4 children. How many shells does each child get? Answer: ______________________________
27. A florist puts 40 daisies equally into 5 vases. How many daisies are in each vase? Answer: ______________________________
28. A school packs 56 notebooks into 7 equal boxes. How many notebooks are in each box? Answer: ______________________________
29. Twenty-five balloons are split equally among 5 tables. How many balloons are at each table? Answer: ______________________________
30. A baker arranges 63 rolls equally on 9 trays. How many rolls are on each tray? Answer: ______________________________
Medium Division Word Problems
Solve each problem. Pay attention to whether you are finding the size of each group or the number of groups.
1. A school orders 54 pencils for 6 classrooms. Each classroom gets the same number. How many pencils does each get? Answer: ______________________________
2. A camp has 72 campers split into 8 equal groups. How many campers are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
3. A library has 64 new books to place equally on 8 shelves. How many books go on each shelf? Answer: ______________________________
4. A sports store packs 81 tennis balls into 9 equal baskets. How many balls are in each basket? Answer: ______________________________
5. A baker makes 96 rolls and packs 8 rolls per bag. How many bags can be filled? Answer: ______________________________
6. A teacher has 84 stickers and gives 7 stickers to each student. How many students can receive stickers? Answer: ______________________________
7. A garden has 63 plants arranged in 7 equal rows. How many plants are in each row? Answer: ______________________________
8. A class collects 56 cans and places 8 cans in each box. How many boxes are needed? Answer: ______________________________
9. A pet shelter has 48 cans of food and uses 6 cans each day. For how many days will the food last? Answer: ______________________________
10. A runner completes 45 miles over 5 weeks, running the same distance each week. How many miles per week? Answer: ______________________________
11. A party host puts 90 napkins equally on 10 tables. How many napkins go on each table? Answer: ______________________________
12. A school bus carries 72 students in 8 equal seating groups. How many students are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
13. A craft club shares 66 beads equally among 6 members. How many beads does each member get? Answer: ______________________________
14. A farm gathers 88 eggs and packs 8 eggs in each carton. How many cartons are filled? Answer: ______________________________
15. A bookstore stacks 75 books equally on 5 display tables. How many books are on each table? Answer: ______________________________
16. A coach has 96 water bottles for 12 players. How many bottles does each player get? Answer: ______________________________
17. A class needs 7 crayons per art kit and has 91 crayons. How many complete kits can it make? Answer: ______________________________
18. A theater has 84 seats in 7 equal rows. How many seats are in each row? Answer: ______________________________
19. A school collects 78 canned goods and puts 6 in each donation bag. How many bags can it make? Answer: ______________________________
20. A baker has 108 cupcakes and packs 9 per tray. How many trays are needed? Answer: ______________________________
21. A teacher divides 120 counters equally among 10 groups. How many counters are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
22. A nature club sees 96 birds over 8 equal observation periods. If the count is equal each period, how many birds per period? Answer: ______________________________
23. A store has 105 toy cars and puts 7 in each display box. How many boxes can it fill? Answer: ______________________________
24. A soccer league has 90 players on 9 equal teams. How many players are on each team? Answer: ______________________________
25. A school buys 132 pencils and packs 12 pencils in each bundle. How many bundles can it make? Answer: ______________________________
26. A picnic has 126 sandwiches shared equally among 9 tables. How many sandwiches per table? Answer: ______________________________
27. A museum has 144 visitors split equally into 12 tour groups. How many visitors are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
28. A teacher puts 117 worksheets into 9 equal folders. How many worksheets go in each folder? Answer: ______________________________
29. A farm plants 112 seeds in 8 equal rows. How many seeds are in each row? Answer: ______________________________
30. A toy maker puts 135 blocks into bags of 9. How many bags can be filled? Answer: ______________________________
Advanced Division Word Problems (Extension)
These problems include multiple steps or larger numbers. Show your work and label your answer.
1. A school has 8 classrooms with 24 students in each. The students are split into 6 equal activity groups. How many students are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
2. A baker makes 6 trays with 8 muffins on each tray, then shares all muffins equally among 4 tables. How many muffins does each table get? Answer: ______________________________
3. A library has 96 books. It puts 8 books on each shelf. How many shelves are needed, and if 4 shelves are in each row, how many rows are there? Answer: ______________________________
4. A coach buys 7 packs of 9 tennis balls and shares them equally among 3 teams. How many balls does each team get? Answer: ______________________________
5. A school collects 120 cans on Monday and 96 on Tuesday. They put all cans into boxes of 8. How many boxes are filled? Answer: ______________________________
6. A farm has 5 baskets with 12 apples each. The apples are shared equally among 10 families. How many apples does each family get? Answer: ______________________________
7. A class reads 4 books with 36 pages each. If the pages are divided equally over 8 days, how many pages are read each day? Answer: ______________________________
8. A toy store receives 9 boxes with 15 toys each and puts the toys into bags of 5. How many bags can it fill? Answer: ______________________________
9. A camp has 144 campers. They are divided into groups of 8, then each group is split into 2 equal teams. How many campers are on each team? Answer: ______________________________
10. A florist has 7 bunches with 12 flowers each. She puts 6 flowers in each vase. How many vases can she fill? Answer: ______________________________
11. A school buys 8 packs of 12 markers and shares them equally among 6 classrooms. How many markers does each classroom get? Answer: ______________________________
12. A sports club has 9 teams with 11 players each. Players are arranged into groups of 3 for drills. How many drill groups are there? Answer: ______________________________
13. A shop has 168 stickers and gives 7 stickers to each student. How many students can get stickers? Answer: ______________________________
14. A teacher has 4 boxes with 25 counters each and divides them equally among 10 groups. How many counters are in each group? Answer: ______________________________
15. A bakery packs 144 cookies into bags of 12, then places the bags equally into 6 cartons. How many bags go in each carton? Answer: ______________________________
16. A school garden has 9 rows with 16 plants each. The plants are split equally among 8 volunteers to water. How many plants does each volunteer water? Answer: ______________________________
17. A library receives 180 books and puts 15 books on each shelf. If 3 shelves fit in one section, how many shelf sections are filled? Answer: ______________________________
18. A camp serves 7 tables with 8 children at each table. The children are split into teams of 4. How many teams are there? Answer: ______________________________
19. A store has 6 cases with 24 juice boxes each. It donates the boxes equally to 8 classrooms. How many boxes does each classroom get? Answer: ______________________________
20. A school has 156 pencils and gives 12 pencils to each class. How many classes receive pencils? Answer: ______________________________
21. A runner practices 6 days, running 4 miles each day. The total miles are divided equally into 3 training logs. How many miles are recorded in each log? Answer: ______________________________
22. A museum groups 126 visitors into groups of 9. Each guide leads 2 groups. How many guides are needed? Answer: ______________________________
23. A craft shop has 8 bags with 18 beads each. It uses 6 beads per bracelet. How many bracelets can be made? Answer: ______________________________
24. A school collects 5 bins with 32 cans each and puts 8 cans in each donation box. How many donation boxes are filled? Answer: ______________________________
25. A farm gathers 216 eggs and packs 12 eggs per carton. If cartons are placed 6 per crate, how many crates are filled? Answer: ______________________________
26. A teacher buys 9 packs of 14 pencils. The pencils are shared equally among 7 classrooms. How many pencils does each classroom get? Answer: ______________________________
27. A sports center has 4 courts with 18 players waiting at each court. The players are divided into teams of 6. How many teams are there? Answer: ______________________________
28. A store packs 240 toy blocks into bags of 10, then shares the bags equally among 8 classrooms. How many bags does each classroom get? Answer: ______________________________
29. A school has 10 boxes with 18 notebooks each. It distributes all notebooks equally to 9 teachers. How many notebooks does each teacher get? Answer: ______________________________
30. A nature center has 7 groups with 16 students each. The students are divided equally into 8 activity stations. How many students go to each station? Answer: ______________________________
Mixed Division Word Problems
Review equal sharing, equal grouping, and selected multi-step situations.
1. A class shares 42 pencils equally among 6 tables. How many pencils per table? Answer: ______________________________
2. A store has 96 stickers and puts 8 in each pack. How many packs can it make? Answer: ______________________________
3. There are 7 teams with 8 players each. The players are split equally into 4 groups. How many players per group? Answer: ______________________________
4. A baker shares 72 cookies equally among 9 plates. How many cookies per plate? Answer: ______________________________
5. A school has 5 boxes with 12 markers each. It shares them equally among 6 classes. How many markers per class? Answer: ______________________________
6. A gardener plants 56 flowers in 7 equal rows. How many flowers per row? Answer: ______________________________
7. A library has 108 books and places 9 on each shelf. How many shelves are used? Answer: ______________________________
8. A coach has 64 cones and gives 8 to each team. How many teams get cones? Answer: ______________________________
9. A camp has 90 children split into 10 equal groups. How many children per group? Answer: ______________________________
10. A shop has 4 trays with 15 cupcakes each. It packs them in boxes of 5. How many boxes can it fill? Answer: ______________________________
11. A school shares 132 notebooks equally among 11 classrooms. How many notebooks per classroom? Answer: ______________________________
12. A farmer collects 84 eggs and packs 7 in each carton. How many cartons are filled? Answer: ______________________________
13. A class reads 63 pages over 7 days equally. How many pages each day? Answer: ______________________________
14. A toy maker has 8 boxes with 9 blocks each and shares all blocks among 6 children. How many blocks per child? Answer: ______________________________
15. A sports club has 120 water bottles for 10 teams. How many bottles per team? Answer: ______________________________
16. A museum has 144 visitors split into 12 equal groups. How many visitors per group? Answer: ______________________________
17. A florist puts 96 flowers into bunches of 8. How many bunches can be made? Answer: ______________________________
18. A school has 3 buses with 24 students each. They are split into 6 equal groups. How many students per group? Answer: ______________________________
19. A store has 75 erasers and gives 5 to each student. How many students receive erasers? Answer: ______________________________
20. A baker places 126 rolls equally on 9 trays. How many rolls per tray? Answer: ______________________________
21. A class has 8 tables with 6 students at each table. Students form teams of 4. How many teams are formed? Answer: ______________________________
22. A farm has 180 apples and puts 12 in each box. How many boxes are needed? Answer: ______________________________
23. A school collects 112 cans and shares them equally among 8 clubs. How many cans per club? Answer: ______________________________
24. A coach buys 6 packs of 10 balls and shares them equally among 5 teams. How many balls per team? Answer: ______________________________
25. A library has 156 books and puts 13 on each shelf. How many shelves are filled? Answer: ______________________________
26. A picnic has 88 sandwiches for 8 tables. How many sandwiches per table? Answer: ______________________________
27. A class uses 7 sheets of construction paper per project. With 91 sheets, how many projects can it make? Answer: ______________________________
28. A camp has 8 groups with 12 campers each. Campers are split equally among 6 activities. How many campers per activity? Answer: ______________________________
29. A store puts 162 toy cars into boxes of 9. How many boxes are filled? Answer: ______________________________
30. A school shares 200 pencils equally among 10 classrooms. How many pencils per classroom? Answer: ______________________________
Answer Key
Answers are listed by section. For multi-step questions, the key includes the final result or the requested sequence.
Easy Division Word Problems — Answers
| Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 6 |
| 19 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 3 |
| 22 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 24 | 6 |
| 25 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 27 | 8 |
| 28 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 30 | 7 |
Medium Division Word Problems — Answers
| Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer |
| 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| 13 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 12 |
| 19 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 21 | 12 |
| 22 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 24 | 10 |
| 25 | 11 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 12 |
| 28 | 13 | 29 | 14 | 30 | 15 |
Advanced Division Word Problems (Extension) — Answers
| Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer |
| 1 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 shelves; 3 rows |
| 4 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 33 |
| 13 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 14 |
| 19 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 8 |
| 22 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
| 25 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 27 | 12 |
| 28 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 30 | 14 |
Mixed Division Word Problems — Answers
| Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer | Q# | Answer |
| 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
| 16 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| 19 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 12 |
| 22 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 24 | 12 |
| 25 | 12 | 26 | 11 | 27 | 13 |
| 28 | 16 | 29 | 18 | 30 | 20 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is division in Grade 3?
Division means splitting a quantity into equal groups or finding how many equal groups can be made. Students often use multiplication facts to solve and check division.
Which Common Core standards cover third-grade division?
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.2 focuses on interpreting whole-number quotients. 3.OA.B.5 and 3.OA.C.7 support using operation properties and multiplication/division facts.
How can my child solve a division word problem?
Identify the total, determine whether the problem asks for the number in each group or the number of groups, solve, and write an answer with units.
Are the advanced problems required Grade 3 work?
Most are extension tasks because they combine steps or use larger totals. They can be used for enrichment with teacher or parent guidance.
Can I use this worksheet for homework or homeschool?
Yes. It can be printed for classroom practice, tutoring, homework, or homeschool review.
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