Division Vocabulary
This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
The divisor
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?
They run 40 miles each day
261 divided by 2 = ?
130 Remainder 1
Goofus solved the following division problem: 872 divided by 5. He got the quotient 290 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
Goofus was incorrect, the right answer is 174 remainder 2
Divide 739 by 6. What is your quotient?
123 R 1.
This is the amount left over at the end of a division problem
The remainder
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?
They rode 752 miles
653 divided by 6 =
108 Remainder 5
Goofus solved the following division problem: 310 divided by 4. He got the quotient 77 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
YES, Goofus was correct
Landyn has 57 takis that he is willing to share with Jayden and Keven. How many takis will each of them get? (decide if this is division or multiplication, then solve and label your answer)
Each of them will get 19 takis
This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
The dividend
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?
Each payment would be $679.
What is four hundred sixty-seven divided by five?
93 remainder 2
Goofus solved the following division problem: 667 divided by 6. He got the quotient 111 Remainder 1. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
YES, Goofus was correct
There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether? (decide if this is division or multiplication, then solve and label your answer)
There are 12,880 legs altogether.
The answer to a division problem is called the _________.
The quotient
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)
there will be 12 brownies on each plate. Yes, there will be 2 brownies left over.
What is $119 divided by 3? Give answer to two decimal places
39.67 (or 39.66)
Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got the quotient 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
Goofus was incorrect, the right answer is 141 remainder 1
A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?
The cost will be $19,128.
All of these are math site words in DIVISION word problems EXCEPT:
A. Equally B. Times
C. Quotient D. Divided By
Times is NOT a division site word
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?
They will need 38 chaperones. (The answer is 37 Remainder 1, 1 student can't be left alone, therefore they will need 38 chaperones).
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give your answer using decimals to the thousandths place
107.185 (107.1847- the 4 rounds to a 5)
Goofus solved the following division problem: 276 divided by 3. He got the quotient 34 Remainder 4. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
Goofus was incorrect, the right answer is 92
150 divided by 25 is the same as 2 multiplied by what number?
Answer: 3 (150 divided by 25 is 6, 2x3 is 6)