Division Vocabulary
Mental Division
Parts of a Problem
Methods
Solve
100

Finding a number that is close to the exact amount.

What is estimating?

100

90/3=

What is 30?

100

The 3 in 3 x 6 = 18

What is the factor?

100

The basic facts in 1400 / 7 = 200

What are 14 & 7?

100

84 / 4=

What is 21?

200

Numbers that are easy to compute.

What are compatible numbers?

200

280/7=

What is 40?

200

The 18 in 3 x 6 = 18

What is the product?

200

The property shown: 128 / 4 = (100/4) + (20/4) + (8/4)

What is the distributive property?

200

615 / 5

What is 123?

300

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly.

What is the remainder?

300

560/8=

What is 70?

300

The 3 in 18 / 6 = 3

What is the quotient?

300

Repeated ___________ can be used in place of division.

What is subtraction?

300

850 / 4 =

What is 212 R2?

400

A strategy used to solve a division equation that uses basic facts to solve smaller bits of the dividend first, before adding all the quotients together. 

What is the area model?

400

720/9=

What is 80?

400

The 6 in 18 / 6 = 3

What is the divisor?

400

To check your answer to a division problem

What is multiply?

400

A community group is setting up 616 chairs in 22 equal rows for an outdoor music event. How many chairs will be in each row? 

What are 20 chairs? 

500

Dividing where multiples of the divisor are subtracted from the dividend and then the quotients are added together.

What is the partial quotient?

500

900/10=

What is 90?

500

The 18 in 18 / 6 = 3

What is the dividend?

500

1214/4 changed to 1200/4=300

What is an estimation?

500

Twelve buses bring a total of 420 people to the Effiel Tower in Paris. Each bus carries the same number of people. How many people are on each bus? Write and solve an equation to find p, the number of people on each bus. 

What is p=35?

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