Division Vocab
What does quotient mean?
The answer to a division problem.
What is the name of the something we are dividing by?
Divisor
3014 / 12
251 r 2
84,000 / 12 =
7,000
What are the steps in standard algorithm?
Divide
Multiply
Subtract
Bring Down
What does Divisor mean?
The number of groups you are dividing by.
What is the name of the large number we are dividing?
Divident
36096 / 4
9024
12,582 / 25
503 r 7
What statement correctly compares 0.46 to 46?
A. 0.46 is 100 times the value of 46
B. 0.46 is 10 times the value of 46
C. 0.46 is 1 hundredth the value of 46
D. 0.46 is 1 tenth the value of 46
C.
When comparing, the smaller number will be a fraction of the larger number. When going down a number line, you are smaller.
46 x .01 = 0.46
How do I check a division problem to see if my answer is correct?
Use multiplication.
Quotient
32 / 8 = 4
320 / 80 = 4
3,200 / 80 = 40
32,000 / 80 = ?
400
35265 / 35
1007 r 20
Students are going on a field trip and buses are needed for 685 students. If each bus carries 52 students, what is the least number of buses needed?
13 buses. The answer is 12 r 3. Since we can't have 3 students not go, 1 more bus is needed for the field trip.
If I use multiplication to check my quotient is correct, what two numbers am I multiplying?
The quotient x divisor should equal dividend.
When writing the remainder as a fraction, what does the numerator represent?
The remainder, what is left.
A coach has $1,280 in the budget to buy team jackets. The team held a fundraiser and raised $1,176. Each jacket costs $75. How many jackets can the coach buy?
19 jackets
42562 / 35
1216 r 2
Mrs Cerra buys 245 lollipops and 136 pieces of Jolly Ranchers. Mrs Cerra gives her class of 25 the same number pieces of candy and puts the leftover candy in the treasure chest, how many pieces will be put in the treasure chest?
6 pieces go into the treasure chest.
What is division?
When writing the remainder as a fraction, what does the denominator represent?
The divisor, what we are dividing by, the number that makes a whole.
What is 478.479 rounded to the nearest tenth?
478.5
What did Mrs Cerra do for a living before she became a teacher?
A police officer.
Which equation is true when 40 is put in the blank space?
A. 280 / ___ = 7
B. 800 / ___ = 200
C. 4,000 / ___ = 10
D. 800 / ___ = 20
A and D
7 x 40 = 280
20 x 40 = 800