Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
Mental Math
Divide
100
This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
What is the divisor?
100

Lisa has 35 pieces of candy. Lisa and her four friends want to eat the candy. How many pieces will each child get?

What is 7 pieces of candy?

100

21 divided by 2 = ?

What is 10 Remainder 1?

100

42 divided by 7

What is 6

100

Divide 738 by 6. What is your quotient?

What is 123.

200
What does the R in a quotient stand for?
What is a Remainder?
200
The Biking Club rode 856 miles total during the month of October. Each of the 8 members rode the same amount. How much did each member ride?
What is 107 miles. 
200

79 divided by 3

26 R 1

200

16 divided by what equals 4?

 What is 4

200

256/8

What is 32?

300
This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
What is the dividend?
300
Melissa purchased a new computer for her home. The computer cost $955. She would like to make 5 equal payments to pay off the computer. How much will each payment be?
What is $191.
300
A new video game console needs five computer chips. If a machine can create four hundred sixty-seven chips a day, then how many video game consoles can be created in one day?
What is 93 consoles with 2 computer chips left over.
300

Solve 56/8.

What is 7? 

300

980/4

What is 245.

400
The answer to a division problem is called the _________.
What is the quotient?
400
Marty put 62 brownies on 5 plates. She put the same number of brownies on each plate. How many brownies will there be on each plate? Will there be any leftover? (Hint: Answer both questions)
What is 12 brownies on each plate. Yes there will be 2 brownies left over.
400
165 divided by 9 
18 R 3
400

There are 2 boxes of paper clips. Each box contains 672 paper clips. Estimate the total number of paper clips.

What is 1,400 paper clips.

400

325/25

What is 13.

500
All of these are division clue words in word problems EXCEPT: A. Equally B. Times C. Quotient D. Divided By
What is Times?
500
4th grade is going on a field trip. There are 139 boys going and 84 girls going. There needs to be a chaperone for each group of 6 children. How many chaperones will need to go on the field trip so that ever student is in a group?
What is 38 chaperones. (The answer is 37 Remainder 1, 1 student can't be left alone, therefore they will need 38 chaperones).
500
653 divided by 6 =
What is 108 Remainder 5?
500

There are 4 boxes of staples. Each box contains 975 staples. About how many staples are there? Estimate the total number.

What is about 4,000.

500

989/43

What is 23?

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