Estimate
Divide Mentally
Easy Division
Word Problems
Long Division
100

635/8

640/8 = 80

100

180/60

3

100

74/6

12 r 2

100

Ms. Richardson spent $114 on apples for a carnival. Of each bag of apples costs $2, how many bags did she buy?

57 bags

100

640/3

213 r 1

200

374/9

360/9 = 40

200

420/70

6

200

60/4

15

200

A total of 48 students are going on a field trip to the zoo. If there needs to be an adult for every 4 students, how many adults are needed?

12 adults

200

491/4

122 r 3

300

289/9

270/9=30 or 300/10=30

300

1,800/30

60

300

70/6

11r4

300

Erin wants to equally divide oatmeal bars among 5 friends. If she has 12 bars, how many will each friend receive?

2 bars

300

625/7

89 r 2

400

477/9

450/9 = 50

500/10 = 50

400

2,000/400

5

400

48/3

16

400

Jerome has $38 to buy tickets at the museum. How many tickets can he buy if each ticket costs $8?

4 tickets, and he has $6 left over.

400

343/6

57 r 1

500

350/8 = 

360/9 = 40 or

320/8 = 40 or 350/7 =50

500

2,400/300

8

500

33/2

16r1

500

Three families went to the fair together. An adult ticket cost $7, and a child ticket cost $5. If they spent a total of $58, how many adults and how many children were there?

4 adults 6 children

500

712/8

89