Division
Word Problems
Multiplicative comparisons
Basic Facts
Terms
100

36 divided by 2

18

100

James split 12 cookies fairly amoung his 3 friends. How many did each friend get?

4 cookies each

100

Lily has 3 stickers. Max has 4 times as many stickers as Lily.
How many stickers does Max have?

12 stickers

100

6 divided by 3

2

100

What are the "leftovers" called in a division problem

Remainders

200

81 divided by 4

20 R 1

200

A library has 48 new books to place on 6 shelves. Each shelf must hold the same number of books, and no shelf can be left empty.
How many books go on each shelf, and how many books are left over (if any)?

8 on each shelf with none left over

200

A plant in Maya’s classroom is 6 inches tall. A different plant is 3 times as tall.
How tall is the second plant?

18 in

200

20 divided by 4

5

200

The answer to a division problem is called...

quotient

300
192 divided by 7

27 R 3

300

A farmer collected 98 apples from her orchard. She wants to pack them into bags of 8 apples each to sell at the market.
After packing as many full bags as possible, she will place the leftover apples in a small basket.
How many full bags can she make, and how many apples will go in the basket?

12 bags with 2 in the basket

300

Jamal read 28 pages this week. His friend Chloe read 7 pages.
How many times as many pages did Jamal read as Chloe?

4 times as many

300

42 divided by 6

7

300

For 65 divided by 5, which number is the divisor?

5

400

604 divided by 8

75 R 4

400

A bakery made 345 cookies for a fundraiser. They pack the cookies into boxes that hold 8 cookies each.
How many full boxes can they make?

43 full boxes. 

400

A toy robot costs $36.That is four times more than a toy car costs. How much does the car cost?

$9

400

56 divided by 8

7

400

For 83 divided by 2, which number is the dividend?

83

500

1843 divided by 4

460 R 3

500

A school ordered 864 crayons. Each classroom gets 9 boxes, and each box holds 12 crayons.
How many classrooms can receive a full set of 9 boxes?

8 classrooms can get a full set

500

A runner trained for 15 minutes on Monday. On Tuesday, she trained for 5 times as long as she did on Monday. On Wednesday she trained for 3 times as long as she did on Tuesday.
How long did she train on Wednesday?

225 minutes or 3 hours and 45 minutes

500

132 divided by 12

11

500

What are the 2 types of comparison we discussed yesterday in math class?

Multiplicative comparison and additive comparison

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