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Basic Division Level 8

Test your division skills with this self-marking exercise to do without a calculator.

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This is level 8: worded questions requiring interpretation of remainders appropriate for the context.

A dog runs two hundred and forty eight kilometers in a week.
The average number of kilometers run each day can be found as follows:
248 ÷ 7Do this calculation and give your answer to the nearest whole number.
Dog Correct Wrong

There are one hundred and twenty seven pairs of shoes in a warehouse.
The apprentice has been asked to pack all of the pairs in small containers.
Each container holds thirty pairs.
How many containers will be needed to hold all of the pairs of shoes?Shoes Correct Wrong

Doddy spent last Saturday picking apples.
He earned 50p for each full case of apples but nothing for any apples left over.
Each case holds fifteen apples.
Altogether Doddy picked four hundred and thirty three apples.
How much money did he earn?
Give your answer in pounds. £ Correct Wrong

How many pieces of string 14cm long can be cut from a ball of string 28.56 metres long?
Correct Wrong

How many bottles of water costing 45p each can you buy with £7.35?
Correct Wrong

The maximum number of 70cm by 20cm shelves were cut from a long plank 6m by 20cm. How many centimetres long was the piece of wood left over?
Correct Wrong

What is 21 divided by 4? Type in the letter of the correct answer:
a) 4     b) 5¼     c) 4¼     d) 5¾     e) 4¾
Correct Wrong

What is 93 divided by 8? Type in the letter of the correct answer:
a) 12     b) 12⅜     c) 11⅝     d) 11⅝     e) 12⅞
Correct Wrong

What is 154 divided by 12? Type in the letter of the correct answer:
a) 12⅚     b) 12⅙     c) 12¼     d) 12¾     e) 12½
Correct Wrong

Divide a million by seventeen. If your answer is not exact, round it off to the the nearest whole number.
Correct Wrong

71424 ÷ 18 ÷ 8 Correct Wrong

(599 ÷ 28) ÷ (508 ÷ 35)Give your answer correct to two decimal places.
Correct Wrong

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

"Here is a good application of division for the inquisitive pupil. Think of a three digit number that has all three digits the same. Divide the number by the sum of the digits. Try some other similar three digit numbers. Interesting isn't it?"

Manasjeet Singh,

Sunday, October 8, 2023

"I got a division problem on level 7 and it gave me 3006 divided by 6 I typed in 501 but the correction said that the answer was something else and then I pulled out my calculator and typed in the same equation and the answer said 501 I kept on trying to put in 501 but it didn't work.
Please fix this!

[Transum: Did you notice at the top of the page the instruction to give all answers to two decimal places?]"

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Level 1 - Divide a two digit number by a single digit number mentally (no remainders)

Level 2 - Divide a two digit number by a single digit number (with remainders)

Level 3 - Divide a three digit number by a single digit number (most with remainders)

Level 4 - Divide a four digit number by a single digit number (most with remainders)

Level 5 - Divide a four digit number by a two digit number (most with remainders)

Level 6 - Divide a four digit number by a one or two digit number where the answer has up to two decimal places

Level 7 - Divide a four digit number by a one or two digit number where the answer has to be rounded to two decimal places

Level 8 - Worded questions requiring interpretation of remainders appropriate for the context

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