Estimation in Division
156 divided by 4
About 40
14 divided by 4
3 remainder 2
250 divided by 5
50
Alex has 44 cans of paint. She wants to put them all on 4 shelves. How many paint cans will go on each shelf?
11
A restaurant is preparing plates for dinner. They have 117 potatoes and will put 2 potatoes on each plate. How many potatoes will be left over?
1
331 divided by 4
About 80
Think about 40 stickers with 6 on each page
What is 40 รท 6?
6 remainder 4
450 divided by 5
90
Mateo had a large fish tank with 72 fish swimming around. He needed to put them into 8 smaller fish tanks. How many fish will go into each smaller tank?
9
Ryan has $465 to spend on gifts for his 9 friends. How much money will he have left over if he spends the same amount on each friend?
$6
1,222 divided by 6
About 200
50 divided by 9
5 remainder 5
Estimate 2,100 divided by 7
300
A bakery has baked 420 pastries for the day. They need to put 7 on a tray to display in the window. How many trays will the bakery need?
60
There are 189 riders to get on a rollercoaster. Each rollercoaster car can hold 8 riders. How many rollercoaster cars will they need for the group of riders?
24
4,940 divided by 7
About 700
71 divided by 7
10 reminder 1
Estimate 4,561 divided by 9
500
A dog shelter collected 230 blankets for animals in the shelter. If they give each animal 2 blankets, how many animals will get blankets?
115
A tire shop is putting 351 tires on cars. If each car gets 4 tires, how many cars can the tire shop put tires on?
87
3,579 divided by 3
About 1,200
100 divided by 11
9 remainder 1
Estimate 3,218 divided by 4
800
The city was planting 360 new trees around the city parks. If they plant 9 trees at each park, how many parks will get new trees?
40
Mari brought 36 cupcakes for her 8 friends at school. If she wanted to give them all the same amount and not have any cupcakes left over, how many cupcakes will each friend get?
4 and 4/8