Division Vocabulary
This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
The divisor
The Bluegrass Runners group runs a total of 240 miles each week. The members of the group run 6 days per week. How many miles do the members run each day?
40 miles each day
261 divided by 2
130 R 1
Goofus solved the following division problem: 872 divided by 5. He got the quotient 290 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
NO, Goofus was incorrect.
Divide 739 by 6
123 R 1
This is the saying to help remember the order to solve long division problems.
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The Biking Club rode 2,256 miles total during the month of October. That is 3 times as many miles as they rode in September. How many miles did the ride in September?
What is 752 miles.
(Watch for extra information in word problems!)
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?
40 yards (You had to interpret the remainder for this problem)
Goofus solved the following division problem: 310 divided by 4. He got the quotient 77 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
YES, Goofus was correct.
Rachel has 72 pieces of candy. Thomas has 6 times as much candy as Mike. How much do they have altogether?
504 total pieces of candy
72x6=432. 432+72=504
This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
The dividend
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?
$679
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?
93 consoles with 2 computer chips left over.
SURPRISE! Double the points!
Goofus solved the following division problem: 667 divided by 6. He got the quotient 111 Remainder 1. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
YES, Goofus was correct!
There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?
12,880 legs
The answer to a division problem is called this.
The quotient
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)
12 brownies on each plate with 2 brownies left over.
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.
18 flyers for each classroom with 3 flyers leftover.
Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got the quotient 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
NO, Goofus was incorrect.
A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?
$19,128
SURPRISE! Double the points!
All of these are division clue words in word problems EXCEPT: A. Equally B. Times C. Quotient D. Divided By
Times
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 ever student is in a group?
38 chaperones. (The answer is 37 Remainder 1, 1 student can't be left alone, therefore they will need 38 chaperones).
SURPRISE! Double the points!
653 divided by 6
108 R 5
Goofus solved the following division problem: 276 divided by 3. He got the quotient 34 Remainder 4. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
NO, Goofus was incorrect.
4321 divided by 5
864 R 1