Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
Mental Math
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 San Diego running 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?
100
261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
100
540 divided by 9
What is 60
100

Ms. Cortez sells bouncy balls. She has a total of 1,920 bouncy balls. She bought a container with 8 sections to hold all of the balls. If Ms. Cortez wants to have the same number of bouncy balls in each section, how many should she place in each section?

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

119 divided by 6

19 R 5
200
240 divided by 60 
 What is 4
200
87 x 3
What is 261?
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
400 divided by 100
What is 4? 
300
There were 120 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?
What is 480 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
165 divided by 9 
18 R 3
400
360 divided by 6
60
400
A lunch at Subway 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
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
2,400 divided by 40
What is 60?
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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