Vocabulary
What is the divisor ?
The number we divide BY in a division problem.
84/4
21
3.20 ÷ 4
.80
How old did Mrs. Rivet turn on her birthday last week?
56
Rainee has 54 cookies and wants to share with 6 friends. How many cookies does each person get?
9 cookies.
What is the dividend?
The number we divide by in a division problem.
54/3
18
72 ÷ 0.09 =
800
What will we celebrate on Thursday? (Mathematically speaking)
Pi Day 3.14
A herd of buffalo roamed 640 kilometers in 8 months. How many miles did they roam each month?
They roamed 80 kilometers each month.
What is the quotient?
The answer to a division problem.
96/6
16
0.140 ÷ 0.2
0.70
How many sides on a dodecahedron?
12
A train travels about 810 kilometers in 9 hours. How many kilometers does it travel each hour?
810 ÷ 9 = 90 kilometers each hour
What is the remainder?
The amount left over when a number cannot be divided exactly by another number.
672/6
112
36.75 ÷ 15 =
2.45
If you add up the ages of Mr. Korienek, Mrs. Anscombe and Mrs. Rivet, what will the sum be?
119
There were 8 dozen donuts in the teachers room for the staff to eat. Each of the 48 staff members ate the same amount of donuts. How many donuts did each staff member eat?
Each member ate 2 donuts.
What are the four steps in long division?
Divide, Multiple, Subtract, and Bring down.
905/5
181
3003.04 ÷ 16 =
187.69
What do you think we are studying in our next math unit (we will skip 6 & 7 for now and go to Unit 8)? (you need at least 1 of the 2 to get these points)
measurement and geometry
Owen had 49 crackers. He divided them equally among 4 friends. How many were left over?
49 ÷ 4 = 12 R1
One cracker is left over.