Division Vocabulary
The answer to a division problem.
QUOTIENT
200 divided by 20.
10
520 divided by 5 (underestimate).
100
A school has 684 pencils to distribute equally among 12 fifth-grade classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom receive?
57 Pencils
476 divided by 68.
7
The number of equal groups a number is split into.
DIVISOR
15,000 divided by 50.
300
497 divided by 49 (overestimate).
A teacher has 724 stickers to distribute equally among 24 students. How many stickers will each student receive, and how many stickers will be left over?
Each student will receive 30 stickers, with 4 stickers left over.
179 divided by 22.
8 R3
An amount being divided.
DIVIDEND
4,200 divided by 600.
7
359 divided by 60
6
A school ordered 836 books to distribute equally among 13 fifth-grade classrooms. How many books will each classroom receive, and how many books will be left over?
Each classroom will receive 64 books, with 4 books left over.
710 divided by 63.
11 R17
The result of a two non-divisible numbers.
REMAINDER
5,600 divided by 70
80
247 divided by 5.
50
A bookstore has 1,455 books to place equally on 19 shelves. How many books will be placed on each shelf, and how many books will be left over?
Each shelf will hold 76 books, with 11 books left over.
717 divided by 31.
23 R4
The actual name of the division symbol?
OBELUS
18,000 divided by 60.
300
889 divided by 3
300
A school collected 722 cans of food on Monday and 384 cans on Tuesday. The school wants to divide all the cans equally among 27 local families. How many cans of food will each family receive, and how many cans will be left over?
Each family will receive 40 cans of food, with 26 cans left over.
8,728 divided by 83.
405 R13