Division Strategies and Conversions
48 ounces
95/5=
Use partial quotients
19
Ms. Armstrong wants to pack his 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
Draw 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
How many ounces are in 15 pounds?
240 ounces
81/3=
Use partial quotients
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
Draw a right angle. What is its measurement?
Various answers.
Measurement must be 90 degrees
5*4/6=
20/6
810/9=
90
56/4=
Use partial quotients
14
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
Draw 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
324/3=
Use partial quotients
108
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
Look at your teacher's example. Find the missing angle measure.
Answers vary depending on teacher's example.
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
89/4=
Use partial quotients
22 R1
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
Look at your teacher's example. Find the missing angle measure.
Answer varies depending on teacher example.
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