Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
interpreting a Remainder
Dividing Multiples of 10
The Algorithm
100

The name of the number in a division problem being divided up 

Dividend

100

Nabintu has 49 pillows on her bed. She wants to make 5 piles with them. How many in each pile and what is the remainder?

9 piles and remainder 4

100

Weston has a collection of Super Bowl rings he wants to wrap for Christmas gifts for his 3 friends. Weston has 10 Super Bowl rings. How many rings will Weston have left over once he gives an equal amount away to his 3 friends ?

1 - Remainder Only  (sorry, Weston)

100

3,000 ÷ 5 = 

600

100

451 ÷ 7 =

64 R 3

200

The name of the number in a division problem that breaks up the dividend into groups. 

Divisor

200

Emmy has 26 hair bows. She wants to give an equal amount away to 4 friends, Zoie, Korie, Aria, Baylor.  How many bows will each girl get?  How many bows will Emmy still have?  

6 bows to each friend and 2 bows left for Emmy

200

Levi wants to make sure that he and his 3 brothers have an equal amount of pie on Thanksgiving. Levi takes the 13 pieces that are cut and puts them on 4 plates.  What will he do with the leftover piece - remember what do we do with food as a remainder?

Remainder as a fraction - he will cut it up into 4 pieces and each brother will get 1/4 of a piece. 

200

64,000 ÷ 8 =

8,000

200

97 ÷ 3 = 

32 R 1

300

The name of the answer to the division problem 

Quotient

300

William wants to have his friends in WIN time work on 3 projects. There are 19 friends he puts into 3 groups. how many kids will be in each group?  Will there be a remainder kid? 

6 kids in each group and 1 remainder kid. 

300

Julieta has many family members at her house on Thanksgiving. She decides to put herself and her 22 family members on 7 teams to play different board games. How many   FULL   teams will be made. 

3 is the only answer - Quotient Only 

300

720 ÷ 9 = 

80

300

102 ÷ 8 = 

12 R 6

400

The name of the number of leftovers in the quotient 

Remainder

400

Harlo, Parker, amd Avery split their 31 pieces of Halloween candy between them equally.  How many pieces will they each get?  What is the remainder? 

10 pieces each and 1 piece as a remainder 

400

Bryce and Jeffry decide to share the 16 small cups of jello leftover from Thanksgiving. Will there be a remainder?

No

400

200,000 ÷ 5 = 

40,000

400

78 ÷ 3 = 

26

500

The saying that helps us remember how to divide with 5 words in it 

Does McDonalds Sell Cheese Burgers?

500

Addisyn decides to give all of her markers to her 5 friends, Tayvin, Aria, Chelsey, Evelyn T, amd Evelyn B. for Thanksgiving. She has 52 markers. How many markers will each of the 5 friends get?  Will Addisyn have any markers to keep?

10 markers for each friend. Addisyn will keep 2 markers 

500

Zayden, Frederick, and Tayvin are given 78 baseball and Chiefs trading cards for Thanksgiving. They decide to split them all equally among themselves and 8 friends. How many cards will each of them get? 

7 cards - Quotient Only 

500

5,400 ÷ 6 = 

900

500

246  ÷ 6 = 

41 

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