How Many Zeroes?
320 / 4
80
Estimate the quotient to the nearest 10:
163 / 2
160 / 2 = 80
745 / 2
372 R1
Luke had 49 crackers. He divided them equally among 4 friends. How many were left over?
49 / 4 = 12 R1
4200 / 6
700
Estimate the quotient to the nearest 100:
693 / 7
700 / 7 = 100
1,863 / 3
621
There are 26 cookies and 7 people. Can each person have 4 cookies?
No, they can each have 3
Christian's family and 2 of his friends went to Kalahari. Admission to the park costed a total of $120. If there were 6 people in Christian's group and everyone paid the same amount, how much did each person pay?
$20
A train travels about 812 miles in 9 hours. About how many miles does it travel each hour?
810 / 9 = 90 miles
Anyelin bought a set of beads to make bracelets. There are 4 types of beads and a total of 2,616 beads. If the total is divided equally, how many of each bead does Anyelin have?
2,616 / 4 = 654
Over a period of 2 days, 8,716 people visited the Grand Canyon. If the same number of people visited each day, how many people visited the Grand Canyon in one day?
4,358 people
A herd of buffalo roamed 640 miles in 8 months. How many miles did they roam each month?
80 miles
Terrence earned 534 points on 6 tests. About how many points did he score on each test?
540 / 6 = 90
Mr. Lubatkin wanted to ride Kingda Ka. If each row can seat 3 people and there are 34 people in line, how many rows will be needed?
34 / 3 = 11 R1; 12 rows will be needed
Robin needs to divide 35 packs of stickers among 7 friends. There are 48 stickers in each pack. How many stickers will each friend get?
s = (35 / 7) x 48
s = 240 stickers
Using mental math, tell which will have a greater quotient. Be prepared to explain.
2400 / 4 or 7200 / 9
7200 / 9 = 800
In May, 47,832 people attended the San Diego Zoo. About the same amount of people went to the zoo each of the 4 weeks of the month. About how many people went to the zoo each week?
48,000 / 4 = 12,000
Alexis and six of his friends open their own lemonade stand during the summer. They bought 75 lemons to share to make their lemonade. How many lemons will be leftover?
75 / 7 = 10 R5
Stephanie has 2,346 bricks she is using to build a house. Stephanie AND her 5 friends are going to move the bricks with their pick-up trucks. Each truck will carry the same number of bricks. How many bricks will each truck carry?
391 bricks