Division Vocabulary
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?
What is 40 miles each day?
261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
What are partial quotients?
What is methods to find partial answers in a division problem?
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?
What is about 40 yards? (39 r.2)
Rachel and Mike each have 312 pieces of candy. Thomas has 6 times as much candy as them. How much candy does Thomas have? (Hint: Write an equation with variables, drawing a model might help!)
What is 1,872?
This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
What is 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?
What is $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?
What is 93 consoles with 2 computer chips left over.
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!
There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?
What is 12,880 legs?
The answer to a division problem is called the _________.
What is 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)
What is 12 brownies on each plate. Yes there will be 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.
What is 18 flyers for each classroom. 3 flyers will be leftover.
Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got a quotient of 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?
What is $19,128?
All of these are division clue words/phrases in word problems EXCEPT: A. Equally B. Times as many as C. Quotient D. Divided By
What is Times as many as?
653 divided by 6 =
What is 108 Remainder 5?
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.
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?