Using Mental Math to Divide
Estimating Quotients
Dividing with Remainders
Multiplication and Division Stories
Draw a Picture and Write an Equation
100
360÷4
90
100
138÷5
150÷5=30
100
17÷3
5 R2
100
There are 50 people signed up for a boat trip. Each boat holds 6 people. How many boats are needed?
9 boats.
100
A cardboard box has 6 sides. How many boxes would have 36 sides? Give the number sentence you would use to solve it.
36 ÷ 6 = 6
200
350÷7
50
200
172÷3
180÷3=60
200
47÷6
7 R5
200
Admission to a museum is 6 dollars a person. If 38 students are visiting the museum, how much will it cost in all?
38 x 6= $228
200
Jodi is bundling newspapers. She has 54 newspapers and puts 6 newspapers into each bundle. How many bundles does Jodi make? Give the number sentence you would use to solve it.
54 ÷ 6 = 9
300
900÷3
300
300
The International Space Station takes 644 minutes to orbit Earth 7 times. About how long does each orbit take?
630÷7=90
300
How many craft sticks if 9 friends equally share a package of 85 craft sticks?
85÷9=9 R4
300
Ben ordered 15 pizzas. Each pizza had 8 slices. How many slices of pizza were there in all?
15 x 8 = 120 There are 120 slices of pizza in all.
300
There are 64 squares on a checkerboard. Since there are 8 rows, how many squares are on each row? Give the number sentence you would use to solve it.
64 ÷ 8 = 8
400
630÷9
70
400
Joseph decides to use 700 rubber bands to make 8 rubber band balls. About how many rubber bands will each ball have if they all have an equal amount of rubber bands?
720÷8=90
400
Jack helped Mr. Weaver pack 61 books in 7 boxes. If they put an equal number of books in each box, how many books did they put in each box? How many did not fit in a box?
61÷7=8 books with 5 books left over.
400
Mrs. A bought 16 flowers. She used 3 flowers in each centerpiece. How many flowers were left over?
There was one flower left over.
400
Olivia has 36 daisies and 6 vases. Give a number sentence that shows how many daisies she can put in each vase evenly.
36 ÷ 6 = 6
500
200÷5
40
500
J.C. earned $196 by mowing 5 lawns. Write a number sentence that shows the best way to estimate how much J.C. has earned.
$200 ÷ 5 = 40
500
Samantha is planting her garden with 15 plants. She wants them planted in equal groups of 4. How many groups of 4 can she make? How many plants will she have left over?
She can make 3 equal groups of 4 plants. She will have 3 plants left over.
500
An elevator can only hold 1250 pounds. How many people weighing 200 pounds each can use the elevator at the same time?
6
500
Alex has 33 photos of her friends. She wants to show the pictures on 3 pages. Give the number sentence you would use to find how many pictures go on each page.
33 ÷ 3 = 11
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