Divide Away
716 / 4
179
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether each quotient makes sense.
297 / 6 = 49 R 3
6 X 50 = 300
297 is close to 300, so the quotient makes sense.
959 / 9
106 R 5
There are 185 students going to a museum. Each van can hold 9 students. How many vans of 9 students will there be? How many students will ride in a van that is not full?
185 / 9 = 20 R 5
20 vans
5 students
A worker at the art store puts 280 paint brushes in 8 bins. Each bin has the same number of brushes. How many paint brushes are in each bin?
35 paint brushes
940 / 7
134 R 2
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether each quotient makes sense.
3,256 / 4 = 814
4 X 800 = 3,200
3,256 is close to 3,200, so the quotient makes sense.
6,243 / 3
2,081
Joshua pulls 52 loads of sand on his wagon to make a play area. He pulls 21 pounds of sand on each load. How many pounds of sand does Joshua use to make a play area?
52 X 21 = 1,092 pounds of sand
There are 8 stickers in each package. If there are a total of 944 stickers, how many packages of stickers are there?
118 packages
8,659 / 7
1,237
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether each quotient makes sense.
4,229 / 8 = 528 R 5
8 X 500 = 4,000
4,229 is close to 4,000, so the quotient makes sense.
2,203 / 4
550 R3
Dasha has 149 balloons to put in party bags. She puts 3 balloons in each bag. How many bags does Dasha need? How many balloons will be left over?
149 / 3= 49 R2
49 bags
2 balloons left over
Principal Clements wants to buy a pencil for each of the 57 fourth graders in her school. The pencils come in packages of 6. How many packages does Principal Clements need to buy?
57 / 6 = 9 R3
10 packages
9,915 / 6
1,652 R3
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether each quotient makes sense.
439 / 7 = 62 R 5
7 X 60 = 420
439 is close to 420, so the quotient makes sense.
7,534 / 5
1,506 R 4
Luke has 86 blue marbles and 45 orange marbles. He shares the marbles equally among himself and 2 friends. he keeps the leftover marbles for himself. How many marbles does Luke have?
Step 1: 86 + 45 = 131
Step 2: 131 / 3 = 43 R2
Step 3: 43 + 2 = 45 marbles
Kyle collects baseball cards. He places his cards into an album that has 9 cards on each page. He has a total of 483 baseball cards. He fills each page before putting cards on the next page. How many cards will be on the last page?
483 / 9 = 53 R6
6 cards
3,649 / 5
729 R4
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether each quotient makes sense.
1,764 / 4 = 441
4 X 400 = 1,600
1,764 is close to 1,600, so the quotient makes sense.
7,012 / 7
1,001 R5
Kayla and her father baked 256 banana nut muffins and 298 chocolate chip muffins to sell at their family restaurant. They plan to place the muffins in boxes that hold 6 muffins each. What is the greatest number of boxes that can be filled with muffins? Explain how you found your answer.
92 boxes
Possible explanation:
I added 256 + 298 = 554
Then I divided 554 by 6 to get 92 Rs. So, 92 boxes can be filled with muffins because the remaining 2 muffins will not make a full box.
Teachers divided students into groups of 3. Each group of 3 wrote a report that had 9 pictures in it. The students used 585 pictures altogether. How many students were there in all?
Step 1: 585 / 9 = 65
Step 2: 65 X 3 = 195
195 students