How do you solve word division problems?

Answer 1

Well, first you should take the word problem apart into the vital information. For example:

Bob has fifteen packing peanuts. Bob can receive one flashlight for every three packing peanuts he gives Jim. How many flashlights can Bob get if he gave all of his packing peanuts to Jim?

This question happens to have pretty much all of the vital information needed. Think of the fifteen packing peanuts as then number 15, and so forth with everything else. Since you want to know how many flashlights Bob can get if he gives away all 15 of his packing peanuts, simply divide 15 by 3, which is the minimum amount of packing peanuts Bob must give away to receive a flashlight.

15 divided by 3 is 5. Now just piece back the labels together and you solved your problem. The actual answer would be Bob can receive 5 flashlights if he gives all of his packing peanuts to Jim.