Division 1
851 divided by 48
17 R 35
It takes thirty-nine grams of plastic to make a ruler. If a company had five hundred seventy-one grams of plastic, how many entire rulers could they make?
14 rulers
There are four hundred nineteen students going to a trivia competition. If each school bus can hold forty-four students, how many buses will they need?
10 buses
The answer to a division problem
Quotient
13 divided by 4
Make the remainder a fraction
3 1/4
A movie theater needed eight hundred thirty-eight popcorn buckets. If each package has forty-nine buckets in it, how many packages will they need to buy?
18 packages
Dave bought five hundred sixty-eight pieces of candy to give to sixteen of his friends. If he wants to give each friend the same amount, how many pieces would he have left over?
8 pieces
The whole amount; what's being divided
Dividend
64 divided by 5
Write your remainder as a decimal
12.8
A cafeteria was putting milk cartons into stacks. They had seven hundred eighty-eight cartons and were putting them into stacks with twenty-seven cartons in each sack. How many full stacks could they make?
28 full stacks
4 students spent a total of $245 at the book fair. If they all spent the same amount, how much did they spend?
$61.25
The part of the dividend that is left over
Remainder
120 divided by 32
Make the remainder a decimal
3.75
A charity received 345 lbs. of dog food to distribute equally among 4 shelters. How many pounds of dog food will each shelter recieve?
86 1/4 pounds of dog food
A student has 11 days to finish a 182 page book. How many pages must she read each day to complete the book in 11 days? Explain.
16 pages per day + 6 more on the last day
The number the dividend is divided by
Divisor
547 divided by 8
Make your remainder into a fraction
68 3/8
Adam was trying to beat his old score of four hundred ninetyfive points in a video game. If he scores exactly eighteen points each round, how many rounds would he need to play to beat his old score?
28 rounds
A seamstress is making 5 identical outifts for her daughters Halloween costume. She has 256 feet of fabric. How much fabric is needed for each dress?
51 1/5 feet
What is the inverse operation of division?
Multiplication