9-1 Mental math to Divide
9-2 Estimating quotients
9-3 Estimating quotients with greater dividends
9-4 Dividing with remainders
9-5 Multiplication and division stories
9-6 Drawing pictures and writing equations
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Lincoln used a basic fact to help solve 480 ÷ 8.
What basic fact did he use?
A) 80 ÷ 8
B) 48 ÷ 8
C) 48 ÷ 6
D) 40 ÷ 8
B) 48 ÷ 8
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Estimate the quotient. 208 ÷ 3
A)210
B) 90
C) 70
D) 50
C) 70
100
Estimate the quotient.
6,983 ÷ 8
A)80
B) 90
C) 800
D) 900
D) 900
100
Divide.
A) 4 R6
B) 7 R8
C) 8 R7
D) 9 R3
D) 9 R3
100
Phil has 46 trading cards. Each page in his book holds 9 trading cards.
How many pages does Phil need to fit all of his cards in the book?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 8
D ) 10
B) 6
100
Mr. Perkins has 18 songs.
He has an equal number of rockabilly songs, country songs, and rock songs.
How many of each kind of song does he have?
A) 21
B) 20
C) 6
D) 3
C) 6
200
James's dad drove a total of 140 miles last week.
He drove the same number of miles each day and he drove every day.
How many miles did he drive each day?
A) 280 miles
B) 70 miles
C) 20 miles
D) 10 miles
B) 70 miles
200
Jake likes to count stars. In 5 nights, Jake counted 354 stars.
About how many stars did he count each night?
A) About 50
B) About 70
C) About 90
D) About 100
B) About 70
200
Estimate the quotient. 4,971 ÷ 8 = ?
A) 400
B) 500
C) 600
D) 700
C) 600
200
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There are 14 granola bars divided equally among the 5 players on a basketball team.
How many bars are NOT given to any of the players?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
C) 4
200
Each hook in Lauren's jewelry box holds 3 necklaces. The jewelry box has 14 hooks.
How many necklaces can fit in the jewelry box?
A) 12
B) 17
C) 30
D) 42
D) 42
200
Lee has 72 golf balls.
He has 9 colors of golf balls with an equal number of each color.
Which number sentence shows how many of each color he has?
A) 9 ÷ 1 = 9
B) 9 ÷ 9 = 1
C) 72 ÷ 9 = 8
D) 72 + 9 = 81
C) 72 ÷ 9 = 8
300
A 6-car train holds a total of 360 animals. If the same number of animals travel in each car, how many will each car hold?
A) 6 animals
B) 7 animals
C) 60 animals
D) 70 animals
C) 60 animals
300
Melissa's father can type very fast. He typed 445 words in 5 minutes.
About how many words did he type per minute?
A) About 200 words per minute
B) About 150 words per minute
C) About 100 words per minute
D) About 90 words per minute
D) About 90 words per minute
300
A frame company has 349 frames. Each carton can hold 5 frames.
Which is the best estimate of the number of cartons needed to ship all the frames?
A) 70
B) 55
C) 7
D) 6
A) 70
300
James is helping his mother pack 66 balls of yarn into 7 sacks. If he plans to divide it evenly, how many balls of yarn will each sack have in it? How many balls of yarn will be left over?
A) 10 balls of yarn with 3 balls of yarn left over
B) 9 balls of yarn with 3 balls of yarn left over
C) 8 balls of yarn with 10 balls of yarn left over
D) 3 balls of yarn with 9 balls of yarn left over
B) 9 balls of yarn with 3 balls of yarn left over
300
Which of these is a story for 8 × 2?
A) Jalen has 8 goldfish bowls with 2 fish in each bowl. How many fish does he have in all?
B) Jalen has 16 goldfish to put in 2 bowls. How many fish will he put in each bowl?
C) Jalen has 8 goldfish in one bowl and 2 goldfish in the other. How many goldfish does he have in all?
D) Jalen has 16 goldfish. He put 8 in one bowl. How many goldfish does he have left to put in the other bowl?
A) Jalen has 8 goldfish bowls with 2 fish in each bowl. How many fish does he have in all?
300
There are 40 marchers in a band. The marchers are in 8 rows. Each row has the same number of marchers. Which number sentence shows how many marchers are in each row?
A) 40 − 8 = 32
B) 40 × 8 = 320
C) 40 + 8 = 48
D ) 40 ÷ 8 = 5
D ) 40 ÷ 8 = 5
400
The distance across the continental United States is approximately 3,000 miles. If Mark wishes to make the trip across the country in 5 days, how many miles will he have to travel each day?
A) 6 miles
B) 60 miles
C) 15,000 miles
D) 600 miles
D) 600 miles
400
The gestation period is the length of time it takes a baby mammal to develop before it is born. The gestation period of a donkey is about 365 days. About how many weeks is 365 days?
A) 60 weeks
B) 50 weeks
C) 40 weeks
D) 5 weeks
B) 50 weeks
400
Maria's older sister wants to buy a car that costs $7,252. She earns $8 for every hour she works. About how many hours must she work to earn enough money to buy the car?
A) 600
B) 700
C) 800
D) 900
D) 900
400
Look at the information about groups of singers.
The women's chorus has 33 members. How many quartets can be formed? How many singers will be left over?
A) 9 quartets with 1 singer left over
B) 8 quartets with 1 singer left over
C) 7 quartets with 5 singers left over
D) 1 quartet with 8 singers left over
B) B) 8 quartets with 1 singer left over
400
Ben's mother is driving the soccer team to their game. Her car can fit 6 players.
There are 14 players on the soccer team.
How many trips must Ben's mother make to drive everyone to the game?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 8
D) 20
B) 3
400
Julie has a piece of ribbon that is 30 feet long. She wants to cut the ribbon into 5 pieces of equal length. Which number sentence shows how many feet long each piece will be?
A) 30 ÷ 5 = 6
B) 30 + 5 = 35
C) 30 − 5 = 25
D.) 30 × 5 = 150
A) 30 ÷ 5 = 6
500
Sandra has 350 rocks she has collected. She displays her rocks on 7 shelves in her room.
If there are an equal number of rocks on each shelf, how many rocks are on each shelf?
50 rocks in each shelf
500
Jake likes to count stars. In 5 nights, Jake counted 354 stars.
About how many stars did he count each night?
About 70
500
Estimate the quotient.
6,983 ÷ 8
900
500
Abby is organizing 29 books on her bookshelf. Her bookshelf has 3 rows.
How many books should she put on each shelf if she wants to divide the books equally?
How many books, if any, will she have left over?
9 books in each shelf. 2 books left over
(9 R2)
500
Which of these is a story for 7 × 8?
A) Jalen has 7 shoe boxes with 8 rubber balls in each box. How many rubber balls does he have in all?
B) Jalen has 56 rubber balls to put in 8 boxes. How many rubber balls will he put in each box?
C ) Jalen has 7 rubber balls in one box and 8 rubber balls in the other. How many rubber balls does he have in all?
D) Jalen has 56 rubber balls. He put 7 in one box. How many rubber balls does he have left to put in the other box?
A) Jalen has 7 shoe boxes with 8 rubber balls in each box. How many rubber balls does he have in all?
500
There are 36 people at a party. There are 9 tables. Which number sentence shows how many people can sit at each table if the same number of people sit at each table?
A) 36 − 9 = 27
B) 36 ÷ 9 = 4
C) 36 + 9 = 45
D) 36 × 9 = 324
B) 36 ÷ 9 = 4