Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
True or False
(show your work)!
Division or Multiplication
100
This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
What is the divisor?
100

The Back to the Basics summer math camp lasts 240 minutes each day.  The 6 students of the camp will have equal time with Mrs. Cindy.  How many minutes of Mrs. Cindy's time will each student get?  

What is 40 minutes each day?

100
261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
100
Goofus solved the following division problem: 872 divided by 5. He got the quotient 290 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
100
Divide 739 by 6. What is your quotient?
What is 123 Remainder 1.
200

In our division Jingle what does the "B" stand for?

What is bring down?

200

The Running Club rode 2,256 miles total during the month of July. That is 3 times as many miles as they rode in August. How many miles did they ride in August?

What is 752 miles. (Watch for extra information in word problems!)

200
Larissa is trying to earn $119 for some new art supplies. If she charges 3 dollars to rake leaves from a yard, how many yards will she have to rake to earn the money?
What is 40 yards? (You had to interpret the remainder for this problem)
200
Goofus solved the following division problem: 310 divided by 4. He got the quotient 77 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is YES, Goofus was correct.
200

Rachel has some candy. Thomas has 6 times as much candy as Rachel. If Thomas has 918 pieces of candy, then how much candy does Rachel have?  

What is 153 pieces of candy? 

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 $3,395. She would like to make 5 equal payments to pay off the computer. How much will each payment be?

What is $679.

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
Goofus solved the following division problem: 667 divided by 6. He got the quotient 111 Remainder 1. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is YES, Goofus was correct!
300
There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?
What is 12,880 legs.
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
Mrs. Wilkins has tickets to pass out to all of the classrooms for a program. She has 165 flyers and she needs to pass out an equal amount to 9 classrooms. Solve to find out how many each classroom would receive.
What is 18 flyers for each classroom. 3 flyers will be leftover.
400
Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got the quotient 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
400
A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?
What is $19,128.
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

5th grade is going on a field trip to Louisville, Kentucky. 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 every

 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
Goofus solved the following division problem: 276 divided by 3. He got the quotient 34 Remainder 4. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
500
Use the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 to create a division problem with a one-digit divisor that will give you the GREATEST quotient.
What is 432 divided by 1?
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