Division Strategies
Cameron used counters to divide 24 / 6. He made 6 groups of ____ counters.
4
Kathy has 9 pencils that he gives away to three friends. How many pencils did each friend get?
3 Pencils
Tara bough two lacrosse balls for $4 each. She payed with a $10 bill. How much change should Tara get?
$2
Solve:
4 x 3 / 2 = m
m = ____
m = 6
Keith arranged 36 tokens into equal rows of 6. How many rows does Keith have?
6 rows
A flower shop sells flowers for $5 each. If Mr. Canton spent $25, how many flowers did he buy?
5 Flowers
Stanley bought three packages with 4 eraser animals in each package. He gave some erasers away and now has 10 animal erasers. How many animal erasers did Stanley give away?
2 Eraser Animals
Solve:
48 / 8 + 4 = w
w = ____
w = 10
Orlando used a number line to divide 18 / 6. He started at 18 and then made ______ jumps of six until he got to 0.
3
Samantha bought a pack of of 32 temporary tattoos. She handed them out to her 8 friends. How many tattoos will each friend get?
4 Tattoos
Aimee has a coupon for $5 OFF her purchase. She bought 4 packs of Pokemon Cards for $6 each. How much will she pay after she used her coupon?
$19
Solve:
14 - 5 x 2 = s
s = ___
s = 4
George solved 48 / 6 = n by rewriting it as a multiplication equation. What is the equation?
6 x n = 48
or
n x 7 = 48
Jose is making a scrapbook. He put the same number of stickers on each page. He has a total of 56 stickers on 7 pages. How many stickers are on each page?
8 stickers
Damian bought a toy car for $8 and three action figures that were each the same price. He spent a total of $29. How much were each of the action figures?
$7 per action figure
Solve:
35 / 7 x 3 = k
k = ___
k = 15
Cate used Repeated Subtraction. What is the matching Division Equation?
28 - 7 = 21
21 - 7 = 14
14 - 7 = 7
7 - 0 = 0
28 / 7 = 4
Pam has 72 beads. She is going to make 8 bracelets with the same number of beads on each bracelet. How many beads will be on each bracelet?
9 beads
Callyn gave 5 lollipops to a friend. Then she bought 8 more lollipops. Now Callyn has 12 lollipops. How many lollipops did Callyn start with?
9 Lollipops
Solve:
54 / 9 x 7 = g
g = ___
g = 42