Division word problems
A chef needs to buy 49 potatoes. If each bag contains 7 potatoes, how many bags should the chef buy?
7
579.7÷103
0.5797
Steven went to the hardware store and bought 5 yellow ropes. The total length of the ropes was 73.6 meters. How long was each rope?
Each rope was 14.72 meters long.
14.4÷4.8
3
Finding a number that is close to the exact amount
What is estimating?
Kaylee had 45 plastic cups. She arranged them on trays that can hold 6 cups. How many cups were on the final tray?
3
385.28÷102
3.8528
Over the past few years, Tracy has made 7 trips to visit the amusement park. She drove 561.4 kilometers in all. How far did Tracy drive on each trip?
Tracy drove 80.2 kilometers on each trip.
0.25÷0.05
5
Numbers that are easy to compute.
What are compatible numbers?
There are 97 people in line to ride the bumper cars. 4 people can go in each round. How many people will ride in the last round?
1
92.5÷104
.00925
Mitch used 7.6 kilograms of raisins to make 8 bags of trail mix. How many kilograms of raisins, on average, did he put in each bag?
Mitch put 0.95 kilograms of raisins in each bag of trail mix.
It took Mr. Phillips 1.6 hours to run the 13.2 miles. What was his average speed?
8.25
The amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly
What is the remainder?
Newton City Printers needs to ship 124 graduation programs to a university. The printing company can fit 42 programs in each box. How many boxes will the printing company need to use?
2 boxes (84 programs) is not enough. 3 boxes (126 programs) is correct. The printing company will need to use 3 boxes.
6,975÷104
0.6975
4 people will equally split 128.5 acres of land. How much land will each person get?
Each person will get 32.125 acres of land.
The Henry family drove 276.5 miles on the family vacation. They used 7.9 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon of gas did they get on the trip.
35
What is the answer to a division question called
quotient
The university needs to transport 4,559 fans from the stadium parking lot to the football game. If a van holds 12 people, how many fans will be in the partially full van?
The remainder is 11. 11 fans will be in the partially full van.
9,792.4÷ ____ = 97.924
102
An apple juice factory produced 594.1 gallons of apple juice in 4 days. How much apple juice, on average, did the factory produce each day?
The factory produced 148.525 gallons of apple juice each day.
Kevin and his three best friends went to a Jacksonville Jaguars game. The cab ride from the hotel, to the stadium costs $1.85 per person. In addition, the cab ride will ride will cost $1.15 per 0.5 mile. The total distance from the hotel to the stadium is two miles. How much would each person pay if they split the cost evenly?
1.15
What is the number we are dividing by in a division problem?
divisor