Division Strategies
480/6=
80
95/5=
19
Ms. Armstrong wants to pack her 58 board games into boxes. She has seven boxes and each box can hold eight games. How many games won’t fit in the boxes?
2 games won't fit
Name something in the room that forms an acute angle. What is the approximate measure for it?
Various answers possible.
Angle measure must be less than 90 degrees.
3*1/4=
3/4
What are all of the factor pairs for 27. Is 27 prime or composite?
1 and 27
3 and 9
Composite
81/3=
27
Mrs. Murty has 78 pencils and she needs to split them up into 3 groups. How many pencils will be in each group?
26 pencils
Name something in the room that forms a right angle. What is its measurement?
Various answers.
Measurement must be 90 degrees
5*4/6=
20/6
810/9=
90
324/3=
108
There are 34 cookies in a package. Five friends decide to share the cookies equally. How many cookies will each friend get? How many are left over?
6 cookies with 4 left over
Name something in the room that forms an obtuse angle? What is the approximate measure of the angle?
Various answers.
Measurement needs to be greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.
12*3/4=
36/4
540/?=60
9
549/6=
91 R3
Tiffany’s new puppy weighed 10 3/10 pounds. Each month it gains 2 1/10 pounds. What is the weight of the puppy after 2 months?
14 5/10 pounds or 14 1/2 pounds
Name something in the room that forms a reflex angle? What is the approximate measure?
Various answers
Measure of angle is greater than 180 and less than 360.
Cut flowers will stay fresh longer if 1/4 cup of soda is added to a vase full of water. If a florist has 3 vases of flowers, how much soda is needed to keep them fresh?
3/4 cup
5600/8=
700
4,589/3=
1,529 R2
A fish tank that holds 18 2/3 gallons of water has 10 4/3 gallons so far. How much more water can be added?
7 1/3 gallons
Name 4 different types of angles and the measure of each.
Possible answers: Acute- Less than 90 degrees Right- 90 degrees Obtuse- Greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees Straight- 180 degrees Reflex- Greater than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees
A florist has 5 bunches of daisies she wants to dye blue. For a few hours the stems of each bunch need to sit in a mix of 1 cup of warm water and 3/8 teaspoon of food coloring. How many cups of water does the florist need in all? How many teaspoons of food coloring does the florist need in all?
5 cups
1 7/8 or 15/8