Long Division
19 -: 3
6 R1
Which operation should you do first?
17 + 6 xx 13 - 5 + 5
6 xx 13
Isla has 50 pieces of gum that she wants to share amongst 5 friends. How many pieces of gum will each friend get?
50 -: 5 = 10
Solve:
60 -: 5
12
Tyler places the same number of pens at each of 6 tables. He places 72 pens in all. Write a division expression to represent the number of pens at each table.
72 -: 6
Margaret’s science class is 70 minutes long. In today’s class, students will give 5-minute presentations about their science fair projects. How many students have time to present?
70 -: 5 = 14
Solve:
12 xx 2 + 8 - 5
27
Sarah needs 46 rolls to make sandwiches with. If each plate can hold 6 rolls, how many rolls will not be able to fit on a plate?
4 rolls will not be able to fit on the plate.
46 -: 6 = 7 R4
Solve:
300 -: 30
10
Write a number that is divisible by 5.
Any number ending in 5 or 0.
89 -: 7
12 R5
Solve:
46 + 4 -: 2 - 1
47
Savannah has 462 photographs and 6 different photo albums. She wants each album to contain the same number of photographs, and as many as possible. How many photographs will be left over?
0 photographs will be left over.
462 -: 6 = 77R0
Solve:
4800 -: 80
60
3,544 -: 8
443
Estimate. Then find the actual quotient.
612 -: 3
Estimate = 200
Answer = 204
Solve:
23 - 8 xx 2 + 12 -: 3 - 4
Ms. Fox wants to separate her class of 27 students into groups of 4 for an activity. How many groups can she make? How many students will not fit into a group of 4?
6 groups with 3 students left over
Mr. Gillis buys 5 new calculators for his classroom. He spends $180. How much would 8 calculators cost?
180 -: 5 = $36
$36 xx 8 = $288
In a classroom, there are 30 chairs arranged in 6 equal rows. The students in one class fill 4 of the rows. How many students are in the class?
20 students.
30 -: 6 xx 4 = 20
2,015 -: 5
403
Jordan buys 12 packs of markers with 8 markers in each pack. He shares the markers equally among 5 friends and himself, sharing as many as possible. How many markers does each person get?
Each person would get 16 markers.
12 xx 8 -: 6 = 16
Xavier finds that 824 divided by 8 equals 13. Is he correct? Justify your answer.
824 -: 8 = 13
If you divide 824 by 8 it would equal 103, not 13. He forgot to put a zero in his answer.
Find the value of x. Show your work.
x -: 6 = 17 R3
17 xx 6 = 102
102 + 3 = 105
Solve:
1,506 -: 3
502