Division Vocabulary
Mental Division
Word Problems
Divide!
Interpret Remainder
100

The answer to a division problem.

What is quotient?

100

36/4

9

100

Jane drove the same speed for 5 hours. She traveled 325 miles. How fast was she driving?

65 miles per hour

100

682/13

52 R6

100

Alastair has a huge family. They are going on camping trip! He has 323 total people going. If each van holds 6 people, how many vans does he need to rent.

54 vans

200

The number being broken into smaller parts in a division problem.

What is a dividend?

200

1,200/4

What is 300?

200

Mrs. Pederson ordered 130 cookies for her class. If there are 26 kids in her class, how many cookies will each student get?

5 cookies

200

5,456/21 (Write the remainder as a fraction.)

259 17/21

200

Stori & Adie are cutting ribbon into 4 foot pieces for a craft project. How many full pieces can they cut from the 54 foot roll?

13 pieces

300

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly into a whole number.

What is the remainder?

300

56/7=

What is 8?

300

Oscar had 948 Jolly Ranchers. If he divides them between is 28 classmates, how many Jolly Ranchers will he have left over? 

24 Jolly Ranchers

300

521/4 (Write the remainder as a fraction)

130 1/4

300

There are 453 people that tried out for the football team. The coach separated them into teams of 9. How many football players will have to sit out?

3 football players

400

The part of a division problem that becomes the denominator (if you turn the remainder into a fraction).

What is a divisor?

400

500/5 = 

What is 100?

400

Valery packed 3 boxes. The least number of toys she put in each box was 18 and the greatest was 22. What is a reasonable estimate of toys Valery packed?

60 toys

400

$834/6 (Write your remainder as a decimal - think $$$.)

$140.50

400

Amsat, Siham, Shayla and Aida won $325 dollars. If they want to split the money evenly, how much money would each person get?

$81.25

500

What the remainder becomes if you turn it into a fraction (instead of leaving it a remainder).

What is the numerator?

500

900/10=

What is 90?

500

Mr. Lindlief had 250 sheets of paper. He wanted each of his 27 students to get the same amount of paper. How many sheets will each student get?

9 sheets of paper

500

413/7

59

500

For the Prairie View service learning project, Mrs. Thames ordered 1,570 packs of food. If students put 12 packs in each box. How many complete boxes will they fill?

130 boxes

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