If my chocolate chip cookie recipe makes 48 cookies and requires 3 cups of sugar, how many cups of sugar are required for 16 cookies?
There are lots of applications for division.
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As you probably suspect, there are no non-mathematical situations in which you would use the quadratic formula.
While doing your homework, or on mapping, or for distance.
When things are shared, or to compare prices of two different things.
When you are trying to split things equally among people, accounts, etc.
You will use them when figuring out tips at a restaurant, figuring out how much more than one of an item will cost, finding unit price for comparison in stores that do not provide the information, and for many other practical things.