Division Vocabulary
Finding a number that is close to the exact amount.
Estimating or rounding
Mr. Pena has a huge family. They are going on a beach trip! He has 323 total people going. If each van holds 6 people, how many vans does he need to rent.
53.83
54 vans
1638 divided by 26
63
Luis saved a total of $75 over 5 weeks. He saved the same amount of money each week. How much money did Luis save each week?
$15 a week
Connie is cutting rope into 4 foot pieces for a craft project. How many full pieces can she cut from the 54 foot roll?
13 1/2
The amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly.
What is the remainder
Roberto drove 1,650 miles. If his car gets 22 miles per gallon, how many gallons of gas did he use?
75 Gallons
510 divided by 15
34
Sylvia paid $24.72 for 3 combo hamburger meals. How much did one combo meal cost?
$8.24 a combo
There are 453 people that tried out for the soccer team. The coach separated them into teams of 9. How many soccer players will have to sit out?
5 1/3
The answer to a division problem
What is the Quotient
Juan had 252 cans donated for the food drive. If he puts 9 cans in each basket, how many food baskets can he make?
28 baskets
67.2 divided by 16
4.2
Lisa wants the new air pods that cost $295. She gets $15 a week for dog watching. How many weeks will it take her to have enough money to purchase the new air pods?
19.6
20 weeks
Maria, Nora and Sylvia won $322 dollars. If they want to split the money evenly, how much money would each person get?
107.33
The number you are dividing by
What is the divisor?
Maria has 9.375 liters of paint. She needs to paint 2.5 rooms. How liters of paint does she need per room?
3.125 liters
85.165 divided by
17.033
Juan made $436 a week for mowing 23 lawns. How much does he make for cutting one lawn?
$18.96 a lawn
The boy scouts are trying to organize tables for car race projects. They have 45 tables in storage. Each table can display 3 car projects. If there are 83 car projects that need to go on display, how many tables should the pull out of the storage?
27.66
A number to be divided by another number.
What is the Dividend?
In the school cafeteria there are 14 seats in each row of seats. How many rows are needed for 634 students to have a seat?
45.28 rows
46 rows
9375 divided by 15
625
Last week we attended the Nutcracker Ballet. Our class wanted to eat at Cici's Pizza. Cici's Pizza gave us a great deal for the whole class of 22, 2 teachers and the bus driver. The total cost was $168.75. How much was it per person?
6.75 a person
Mrs. Burton is ordering cartons of gingerbread house kits for 45 of his students. Each carton has enough kits for 6 students. How many cartons of gingerbread house kits does Mrs. Burton need to order?
7.5
8 Cartons