Mental Math
360 ÷ 9 =
40
Estimate the quotient for 527 ÷ 5.
500 ÷ 5 = 100
Find the quotient.
78 ÷ 8 =
78 ÷ 8 = 9 R6
There are 19 students coming into a cafeteria to sit at the lunch tables. A table seats 4 students. How many tables are needed to make sure all 19 students have a seat? How many chairs will be empty at the tables?
19 ÷ 4 = 4 R3
They will need to have 5 tables to make sure all 19 students have a seat.
At the 5th table, there will be 1 empty seat.
4,500 ÷ 5 =
900
Estimate the quotient for 3,800 ÷ 8.
4,000 ÷ 8 = 500
Find the quotient.
68 ÷ 6 =
68 ÷ 6 =11 R2
Tim has 42 cards that he wants to display on 6 pages in his card album. Write a number sentence that shows how many cards he can put on each page.
42 ÷ 6 = 7 cards on each page
3,200 ÷ 4 =
800
Estimate the quotient for 1,599 ÷ 4.
1,600 ÷ 4 = 400
Find the quotient.
80 ÷ 6 =
80 ÷ 6 = 13 R2
Mario collected 49 coins. Mario collected his coins in 7 levels. Write a number sentence that shows how many coins he collected in each level if he collected the same number of coins in each level.
49 ÷ 7 = 7 coins in each level
There are 2,400 flowers growing in 6 flower beds at the St. Louis Botanical Gardens. How many flowers are in each flower bed if the number in each is equal?
2,400 ÷ 6 = 400 flowers in each bed
The Spider-man movie was shown 8 times. A total of 6,285 tickets were sold and the same number of people attended each showing of the movie. About how many people attended each showing?
6,285 ÷ 8 = 6,400 ÷ 8 = 800
Kate has 37 stars to hang in her room. She will use the same number of stars in each of 4 corners of the room. She will use any remaining stars to hang in the middle of the room. How many stars can she hang in each corner, and how many stars will she have left for the middle (remainder)?
37 ÷ 4 = 9 R1
She will hang 9 stars in each corner and 1 star in the middle.
A party has 49 guests. Each table seats 5 guests. How many tables will the party need to seat all 49 guests? How many chairs will be empty?
49 ÷ 5 = 9 R4
They will need 10 tables.
There will be 1 empty chair at the 10th table.
A case of sprinkles has 1,800 sprinkles. There are 3 bottles of sprinkles in the case. How many sprinkles are in each bottle?
1,800 ÷ 3 = 600 sprinkles in each bottle
Nina is saving to buy a new tablet that costs $1,950. She saves an equal amount of money each month for 5 months. About how much does she need to save each month to buy thetablet?
1,950 ÷ 5 = 2,000 ÷ 5 = 400
Which quotient of these division sentences is NOT equal to 5 R2?
a.) 27 ÷ 5 =
b.) 22 ÷ 4 =
c.) 36 ÷ 7 =
c.) 36 ÷ 7 =
There are 21 people waiting for a ride. A van holds 6 people. How many vans are needed to make sure all 21 people have a ride?
21 ÷ 6 = 3 R3
They will need to have 4 vans to make sure all 21 people have a ride.