USING PATTERNS TO DIVIDE
2 DIGIT DIVISION
ESTIMATING & COMPATIBLE NUMBERS
DIVIDING BY MULTIPLES OF 10
STORY PROBLEMS
100
2,000 divided by 20
What is 100
100

4, 457 divided by 31

What is 143 R24?

100
287 divided by 42?
What is 7?
100
345 divided by 30
What is 11 R 15
100
Fifteen workers picked 1050 apples in one hour. How many apples did each worker pick on average?
What is 70?
200
8,100 divided by 90
What is 90?
200

9,137 divided by 84

What is 108 R65?

200
554 divided by 62
What is 9?
200
222 divided by 30
What is 7 R 12?
200

Joaquin is baking cookies for his class. Each cookie sheet holds 12 cookies and he bakes 11 sheets of cookies. There is a total of 44 students in his class. These are the two equations, with variables, you would use to figure out how many cookies each student can get.

What is 11 x 12 = t and t / 44 = c ?

300
25,000 divided by 50
What is 500?
300

8,932 divided by 92

What is 97 R 8?

300
1,784 divided by 64
What is 30?
300
479 divided by 60
What is 7 R 59
300

A florist has ordered 632 roses for Valentine's Day. If the roses are divided into 50 bouquets how many roses will each bouquet have, and how many roses will be left over?

What is 12 R 32?

400

A ream of paper contains 500 sheets. How many reams would you need in order to type a book that is 6000 pages?

What is 30?

400

6,281 divided by 24

What is 261 R 17?

400
A high school volleyball team has made it to the state tournament. There are 586 students that want to go, and 32 students can fit on each bus. About how buses are needed?
What is 20 buses?
400
The distance from Grand Junction to Dallas is 980 miles. About how many miles would it take the family to reach Dallas if they are moving at 60 miles per hours.
What is 16 hours?
400
A group of 11 friends rent a van to take a summer road trip. If they drive a total of 1320 miles, and each friend drives an equal amount of miles, how many miles will each person drive?
What is 120 miles?
500
We Haul Trucking company purchased 36,000 boxes. If 90 boxes can fit on a truck, how many trucks will be needed to carry all the boxes?
What is 400?
500

9,852 divided by 11

What is 895 R 7?

500
There are 135 comets that are visible from Earth every 20 years or less. What is an estimate of how many of these comets are seen each year?
What is 7 comets?
500
The Port Lavaca fishing pier is 3,200 feet long. If there is one person fishing every ten feet, how many people could fish from the pier at one time?
What is 320 people?
500

How many tables that seat 12 are required to provide places for 1620 people at a banquet?

What is 135 tables?

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