Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
GOOFUS!
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 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?
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

100 divided by 5?

What is 20.

200

What are the steps for long division?

What is divide, multiply, subtract, and bring up?

200

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!)

200

78 divided by 8

9 r6

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

42 x 13

What is 546

300

This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.  It's in the house!!

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

132 divided by 7

18 r6

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

123 x 8

984

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

What is 18 r3

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

12,345- 4,678

What is 7667.

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 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 r5?

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

58,568+15,999

What is 74,567?

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