Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
Mental Math
Division or Multiplication
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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
Divide 739 by 6. What is your quotient?
What is 123 Remainder 1.
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

There are 432 stickers in a package.  Each of 3 classrooms will get the same amount of stickers.  How would you solve this?

What is 432 divided by 3?

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