Division Vocabulary
What do we call the amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly?
The remainder. Example: 17 ÷ 5 = 3 R2.
In 3/8, which number is the numerator and which is the denominator?
Numerator: 3 (top). Denominator: 8 (bottom).
Turn 3/4 into a division number model.
3 ÷ 4 = 3/4. The numerator goes first.
Solve 29 ÷ 4. Write your answer with a remainder.
7 R1. Check: 4 × 7 + 1 = 29.
Solve 8 × 7.
56.
In 43 ÷ 6 = 7 R1, identify the dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder.
Dividend: 43. Divisor: 6. Whole-number quotient: 7. Remainder: 1.
A whole has 7 equal parts. Four are shaded. Write the fraction and explain each number.
4/7. Numerator 4 = shaded parts. Denominator 7 = equal parts in the whole.
Turn 17/5 into a division number model. Identify the dividend and divisor.
17 ÷ 5 = 17/5. Dividend: 17. Divisor: 5.
Solve 157 ÷ 6. Write your answer with a remainder.
26 R1. Check: 6 × 26 + 1 = 157.
Solve 36 × 7.
252. (30 × 7) + (6 × 7) = 210 + 42.
A student writes 86 ÷ 9 = 8 R14. Explain the error and correct it.
The remainder must be smaller than the divisor. Make one more group of 9: 86 ÷ 9 = 9 R5.
Write 29 ÷ 6 as a mixed number. Name the numerator and denominator of the fractional part.
4 5/6. Numerator: 5 (the remainder). Denominator: 6 (the divisor).
Seven pizzas are shared equally among 4 friends. Write a division model, an improper fraction, and a mixed number.
7 ÷ 4 = 7/4 = 1 3/4 pizzas per friend. Dividend: 7. Divisor: 4. Quotient: 1 3/4.
Solve 1,367 ÷ 12. Write your answer with a remainder.
113 R11. Check: 12 × 113 + 11 = 1,367.
Solve 248 × 16.
3,968. (248 × 10) + (248 × 6) = 2,480 + 1,488.