Vocabulary
What is the name of the answer for a division problem?
The Quotient
Explain what is skip counting?
Skip counting is a pattern we use to find the quotient by adding the "Divisor" until we find the "Dividend"
Solve using any strategy:
10 / 5 = (x)
Find (x)
If Mr. Marquart has 14 basketballs and wants to equally put the balls in 2 bins, how many balls can you put in each bin?
14 / 2 = (x)
The movie theater room has 64 seats. If this theater has 8 rows, how many seats will be in each row?
64 / 8 = (r)
r = 8
What are the two division strategies we have learned? And explain how to use it.
Solve this problem using Skip Counting:
16 / 4 = (y)
Find y
4, 8, 12, 16
__, __, __, __
1, 2, 3, 4
(y) = 4
27 / 3 = (h)
Find h
h = 9
If Mrs. Chang has 24 students and wants to equally put them into 6 groups, how many students can go into each group?
24 / 6 = (p)
Ala Moana has 27 stores. There are 3 levels at Ala Moana and each level has the same amount of stores. How many stores are in each level?
27 / 3 = (a)
a = 9
What is the first number in a division problem (also known as the biggest number/total)?
Ex: ___ / 8 = 2
The Dividend
Solve this problem using skip counting:
20 / 5 = (x)
Find x
5, 10, 15, 20
__, __, __, __
1, 2, 3, 4
(x) is = 4
40 / 8 = (t)
Find t
t = 5
Ms. Cheng has 18 flowers. If she wants to equally put them into 6 vases, how many must go into each vase?
18 / 6 = (f)
There are 32 teams in the National Football League. If there are 8 divisions and each division has the same amount of teams, how many teams are in each division?
32 / 8 = (n)
n = 4
What is the second number we use in a division problem (also known as the number we divide in "groups")
Ex: 12 / ___ = 3
The Divisor
Solve the problem using skip counting
24 / 3 = (z)
Find z
3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24
_, __, __, __, __, __, __, __
1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
z = 8
54 / 6 = (z)
Find z
z = 9
If Mrs. Nakamoto has 35 students and wants to divide them equally into 5 groups, how many students will go into each group?
35 / 5 = (z)
54 / 9 =(c)
c = 6
Solve the problem using skip counting:
72 / 8 = (y)
Find y
8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72
__, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
y = 9
10 / 0 = (v)
Find v
v = 0
If Mr. Marquart wants to divide 72 students into 9 classrooms, how many students will go into each classroom?
72 / 9 = (g)
Gamestop is giving away 9 free games to the person who walks into the front door first. But 3 people walked in at the same time. Gamestop decided to equally give away the 9 free games to each of the 3 guests. How many games does each guest get?
9 / 3 = (g)
g = 3