Vocabulary
Rounding and Estimation
Divide
Word Problems
More Word Problems
100
What is the ANSWER to a division problem called?
Quotient
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Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense. 248 ÷ 5 = 49 R 3
The quotient makes sense because 250 ÷ 5 = 50.
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250 ÷ 5
50
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Miss N put 445 pencils into bags. If she put 5 pencils into each bag, how many bags did she use?
445 ÷ 5 = 89 bags
100
A roller coaster has a total of 36 seats in 9 cars. If each car has the same number of seats, how many seats are in each car?
36 ÷ 9 = 4 seats
200
The largest number in a division problem is the...
Dividend
200
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense. 242 ÷ 3 = 80 R 2
Yes because 240 ÷ 3 = 80.
200
8816 ÷ 8
1102
200
Mrs. B is making snowmen that each require 3 giant snow balls to make. If she ends up using 117 giant snowballs to make her snowmen, how many snowmen did she make in all?
117 ÷ 3 = 39 snowmen
200
There are 209 kids signed up for art club. If there can only be a maximum of 9 kids in each session, how many sessions will they have to have so that every kid signed up can participate?
209 ÷ 9 = 23 R 2 24 sessions
300
The number that you are dividing into the dividend...
Divisor
300
Use rounding and estimation to determine if the quotient makes sense. 4,908 ÷ 7 = 701 R 1
Yes the quotient makes sense because 4,900 ÷ 7 = 700
300
243 ÷ 4
60 R 3
300
It takes 4 tickets to ride the Scrambler at the fair. Bob has 103 tickets. How many times can he ride the Scrambler?
103 ÷ 4 = 25 R3 25 times
300
Milly earns $115 walking her neighbors' dogs and $90 delivering newspapers. She uses all of the money to buy 3 dresses. Each dress costs the same amount. What is the cost of one dress?
$117 + $90 = $207 207 ÷ 3 = 69 $69
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The part of the division problem that represents what is "left over"...
Remainder
400
Use rounding and estimation to decide whether the quotient makes sense. 174 ÷ 3 = 58
Yes because 170 ÷ 3 = 56 R 2
400
7249 ÷ 9
805 R 4
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Mrs. Clause bakes 24 cookies on Saturday and 36 cookies on Sunday. She shares as many as she can of the cookies equally among herself, Santa and Buddy the Elf. She keeps the leftover cookies for herself. How many cookies does Mrs. Clause have?
25 + 36 = 61 61 ÷ 3 = 20 R 1 21 cookies
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Frosty received 68 hugs at a winter festival. Olaf received 23 more hugs than Frosty. Buddy the Elf received 5 times as many as Olaf. How many hugs did Buddy receive?
68 + 23 = 91 91 x 5 = 455 hugs
500
Name the five steps in order for dividing using the digit-by-digit method. (Think of our song!)
Divide Multiply Subtract Bring down Compare
500
Use rounding and estimation to see if the quotient makes sense. 6,422 ÷ 8 = 802 R 6
Yes because 6,400 ÷ 8 = 800.
500
8,969 ÷ 7
1,281 R 2
500
A company makes 655 cell phones. Testing shows that 25 of them are defective, and the rest are shipped to 6 stores. Each store receives an equal number of cell phones. How many cell phones does each store receive?
655 - 25 = 630 630 ÷ 6 = 105 105 cell phones
500
There are 132 boys and and 148 girls signed up to go on a class field trip. The teachers make groups of 6 and then assign any remaining students to make some groups of 7. How many groups are there with 7 students? Explain how you found your answer.
4 groups. I added 132 and 148 to get 280. Then I divided 280 by 6 to get 46 R 4. There were 4 students left over to assign, so each of 4 teams gets one more student and has 7 students.
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