Division Vocabulary
The answer in a division problem is called this
Quotient
24 divided by 6
4
Nico makes 36 pizzas. He divides them equally amongst 4 soccer teams. How many pizzas will each soccer team get?
9 pizzas
35 divided by 9
3 R 8
Sophia made 49 cookies and divided them into boxes of 6. How many cookies will be in each box? How many leftover?
8 in each, 1 leftover
The number that you divide by in a division problem is called
The Divisor
81 divided by 9
9
Mrs. Nott has 60 beads to make decades of the Rosary. Each decade requires 10 beads. How many decades can she build?
6 decades
41 divided by 4
10 R 1
Giuliana made 63 bracelets that she shared between 6 friends. How many bracelets did each friend get? How many will she have leftover?
6 bracelets, 3 leftover
The big number, total amount being divided, in a division problem is called this
Dividend
49 divided by 7
7
54 students will be divided between 6 vans for a field trip to Justyn's farm. How many students will be on each van?
9 students
37 divided by 5
7 R 2
June had 78 stickers. She gave them away to 9 friends. How many stickers will each friend get? How many leftover?
8 stickers each, 6 leftover
True or False:
If the dividend is 0 and the divisor is 0, the quotient is always 0.
True
64 divided by 8
8
Paige is recording a new album with 96 songs. Only 12 songs can fit on each download. How many total downloads will be needed to get ALL of Paige's songs?
8 downloads
49 divided by 8
6 R 1
Jacob collected 47 drum sets and stored them between 9 storage units. How many drum sets did he fit in each storage unit? How many are leftover to still store?
5 in each, 2 leftover
True or False: In division, we divide by groups that are the same size.
True
21 divided by 3
7
Corbin purchased 72 footballs. He shares them equally between 9 teams. How many footballs will each team get?
8 footballs
53 divided by 6
8 R 5
Aubrey cheered at 19 cheer competitions. They did 6 cheers at each one, but an extra at one of them. How many cheers did they do at each one? How many extra cheers were there?
3 cheers at each, 1 extra