Estimate
Estimate the Quotient. What Equation Did You Use?
244 divide 8
240 divide 8 = 30
450 div 9
50
What is the number that is being DIVIDED?
DIVIDEND
Each of the 7 parking lots at an automobile plant holds the same number of new cars. The lots are full. If there are 339 cars in the lots, about how many are in each lot? How would you estimate?
About 50 cars
350 div 7 = 50
630 div 5
126
Estimate the Quotient. What Equation Did You Use?
700 divide 6
700 divide 7 = 100
660 div 6 = 110
2800 div 4
700
What is the answer to a division problem?
QUOTIENT
A total of 109 valves were used for 4 cars as they were being assembled. The same number of valves were used for each car. How many valves were used for each car?
About 25 valves per car
100 div 4 = 25
755 div 3
251 R 2
Estimate the Quotient. What Equation Did You Use?
890 div 4
880 div 4 = 220
800 div 4 = 200
840 div 4 = 210
240 div 30
8
What is the number that the dividend is divided by?
DIVISOR
A construction company estimates that it will take 1,000 hours to complete a remodeling project. If there are 8 employees that each work an equal number of hours, how many hours will each employee have to work?
125 hours
1,000 div 8 = 125
266 div 7
38
Estimate the Quotient. What Equation Did You Use?
365 div 3
360 div 3 = 120
330 div 3 = 110
300 div 3 = 100
$63,000 div 700
90
What is left over after dividing whole numbers?
REMAINDER
Rachel has 91 mugs displayed at a craft show. She displays them in 5 rows with the same number of mugs in each row. How many mugs are in each row? What do you do about the remainder?
There are 5 rows of 18 mugs.
There is exactly one mug left over. I would put that mug in a box.
1,766 div 6
294 R 2
Estimate the Quotient. What Equation Did You Use?
374 div 9
360 div 9 = 40
400 div 10 = 40
1,440,000 div 120
12,000
Which vocabulary term tells you how many are in each group?
QUOTIENT
Valley Schools have a student population of 1,805 students. If there are an equal number of students in K-4 grade. How many students are in 2nd grade?
361 students are in 2nd grade.
There are 361 in each grade.
1,805 div 5 = 361
8,432 div 9
936 R 8