Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
Long or Partial
100
This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
What is the divisor?
100

Ms. Harrelson's class is going on a field trip to the zoo. She has 21 students and they are taking cars to go. Each car holds 4 students. How many cars will they need, if every student goes on the trip? 

What is 6

100
261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
100

Divide 738 by 6. What is your quotient?

What is 123.

200
In our Division Dance Rover stands for what two items?
What is Repeat and Remainder?
200

Hannah is handing out candy bars. She has 5 friends she is giving her candy to. She wants to make sure no one is left out so she gives everyone and even amount. If she started with 47 candy bars, how many would each friend get? 

What is 9
200
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 40 yards? (You had to interpret the remainder for this problem)
200

2560/5

What is 512. 

300
This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
What is the dividend?
300

Melissa is sorting 73 cups on to a shelf. She has 9 shelves and each shelf hold 8 cups. How many cups will she have leftover after she's done putting all the cups on the shelves? 

What is 1

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.

300

567/9

What is 63


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

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.

400

392/8

What is 49

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

Kelly is sorting her favorite books on to shelves. She has 123 books and 10 shelves. Each shelf hold 12 books. How many books will NOT fit on the shelf? 

What is 3 books

500

Charlie goes to the store with 456 dollars. He wants to buy 3 play stations If each playstation costs 150 dollars, does he have enough money? 

What is yes

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