Division
88 divided by 7
12 R 4
Kate Baked 84 muffins. If each muffin tray held 9 muffins, how many trays did Kate use.
84/9 = 9 R 8
The remainder makes us round up to 10 trays
Use Rounding and estimation to see if the answer makes sense.
463 divided by 5 = 92R3
Yes. It makes sense.
92 rounds down to 90
90x5 = 450
450 is close to 463
It takes 6 tickets to ride the ferris wheel. Jan has 135 tickets. How many times can Jan ride the ferris wheel?
135/6 =22 R3
She can ride 22 times
There are 47 fifth grade students who are in line to ride the Mile Long wooden roller coaster. Each roller coaster car holds 8 people. How many students will be in a roller coaster car that is not full?
47/8 =5 R 7
7 students are in a car that is not full
638 divided by 8
85 R3
Answer and tell what you would do with the remainder. There are 158 students in a school's Swimming Club. How many relay teams of 6 can the students make?
26 teams. You ignore the remainder
Use Rounding and estimation to see if the answer makes sense.
717 divided by 9 = 79 R6
Yes
79 rounds up to 80
80x9 = 720 which is close to 717
The store manager ordered 46 boxes of erasers. Each box contained 38 erasers. How many erasers did they have altogether?
46 x 38 = 1,748 erasers
There are 49 fourth grade students who are in line to ride the rollercoaster. Each roller coaster car holds 4 people. How many roller coasters cars are need so they all can ride the roller coaster once?
49/4 = 14 cars R3
We need 15 cars for all students to be able to ride
914/9
101 R5
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Use Rounding and estimation to see if the answer makes sense
628 divided by 7 = 57 R3
No
57 would round up to 60
60x7 =420
420 is not close to 628
Mackenzie buys 24 squishies on Friday and another 39 on Saturday. She shares as many of the squishies as she can equally among herself and 3 friends. She keeps the leftover squishies for herself. How many squishies does she get?
24 + 39 =63 squishies
63/4 =15 R 3
15 +3 =18
Mackenzie gets 18 squishies
There are 195 students going to a museum. Each van can hold 7 students. How many vans of 7 students will there be? How many students will ride in a van that is not full?
195/7 = 27 R6
27 vans of 7 students
1 van with only 6 students
1,723/6
287 R1
Answer and tell what you do with the remainder. Mrs. Jones orders pizzas for a class party. Each pizza will be cut into 8 slices. There will be 39 people at the party. How many pizzas should Mrs. Jones order so that each person can have one slice?
39/8 = 4 R 7
5 pizzas. The remainder needed to round up in the answer
Use rounding and estimation to see if the answer makes sense
1723 divided by 6 = 287 R1
Yes
287 would round to 300
300x6 = 1800
1800 is close to 1723
Aubrey made $134 selling pictures of birds to her friends. Leah made a bake sale and made $155. They used all of their money to buy an american girl surprise packs. Each surprise pack cost 9 dollars. How many surprise packs could they buy? How much money would they have leftover
134 + 155 = $289
288/9 = 32 R 1
32 surprise packs and $1 left
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 muffines in boxes that hold 6 muffins each. What is the greatest number of boxes that can be filled with muffins? Explain
256 +298 = 554 total muffins
554/6 = 92 R2
92 boxes will be filled completely with 6 muffins each. There will be 2 muffins leftover.
8,574/7
1,224 R6
Dwight had 359 pennies. He divided them equally among himself and his three sisters. Dwight decided to keep all the leftover pennies for himself. How many pennies does Dwight end up with?
359 /4 =89 R3
89+3 = 92 pennies
There are 234 girls and 187 boys signed up for a baseball league. The coaches first make teams of 9 players and then assign any remaining players to make some of the teams to have 10 players.
Part A: How many teams of 10 players will there be? Explain.
Part B: How many teams of 9 players will there be? Explain.
Part A:
234 + 187=421 boys and girls
421/9 = 46 R7
46 teams with 7 kids remaining
7 Teams will have 10 players.
Part B: 46-7 =39 teams with 9 players
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?
52x21 = 1092 pounds