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Division Vocabulary
Division Word Problems
Division with Remainders
GOOFUS!
Division or Multiplication
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This number is what we divide by or how many groups will be divided into during the problem.
What is the divisor?
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The Bluegrass Runners group runs a total of 240 miles each week. The members of the group run 6 days per week. How many miles do the members run each day?
What is 40 miles each day?
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261 divided by 2 = ?
What is 130 Remainder 1?
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Goofus solved the following division problem: 872 divided by 5. He got the quotient 290 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
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Divide 739 by 6. What is your quotient?
What is 123 Remainder 1.
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In our Division Dance Rover stands for what two items?
What is Repeat and Remainder?
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The Biking Club rode 2,256 miles total during the month of October. That is 3 times as many miles as they rode in September. How many miles did the ride in September?
What is 752 miles. (Watch for extra information in word problems!)
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Larissa is trying to earn $119 for some new art supplies. If she charges 3 dollars to rake leaves from a yard, how many yards will she have to rake to earn the money?
What is 40 yards? (You had to interpret the remainder for this problem)
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Goofus solved the following division problem: 310 divided by 4. He got the quotient 77 Remainder 2. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is YES, Goofus was correct.
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Rachel has 12 pieces of candy. Thomas has 6 times as much candy as Mike. How much does Rachel have? 

What is 72 pieces?

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This is the larger number in a division problem that is being split into equal groups.
What is the dividend?
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Melissa purchased a new computer for her home. The computer cost $3,395. She would like to make 5 equal payments to pay off the computer. How much will each payment be?
What is $679.
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A new video game console needs five computer chips. If a machine can create four hundred sixty-seven chips a day, then how many video game consoles can be created in one day?
What is 93 consoles with 2 computer chips left over.
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Goofus solved the following division problem: 667 divided by 6. He got the quotient 111 Remainder 1. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is YES, Goofus was correct!
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There were 3,220 four-legged animals at the zoo. How many legs were there altogether?
What is 12,880 legs.
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The answer to a division problem is called the _________.
What is the quotient?
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Marty put 62 brownies on 5 plates. She put the same number of brownies on each plate. How many brownies will there be on each plate? Will there be any leftover? (Hint: Answer both questions)
What is 12 brownies on each plate. Yes there will be 2 brownies left over.
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Mrs. Wilkins has tickets to pass out to all of the classrooms for a program. She has 165 flyers and she needs to pass out an equal amount to 9 classrooms. Solve to find out how many each classroom would receive.
What is 18 flyers for each classroom. 3 flyers will be leftover.
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Goofus solved the following division problem: 424 divided by 3. He got the quotient 141. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
400
A lunch at Qdoba costs $8. What will be the cost of a lunch for 2,391 teachers?
What is $19,128.
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All of these are division clue words in word problems EXCEPT: A. Equally B. Times C. Quotient D. Divided By
What is Times?
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5th grade is going on a field trip to Louisville, Kentucky. There are 139 boys going and 84 girls going. There needs to be a chaperone for each group of 6 children. How many chaperones will need to go on the field trip so that ever student is in a group?
What is 38 chaperones. (The answer is 37 Remainder 1, 1 student can't be left alone, therefore they will need 38 chaperones).
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653 divided by 6 =
What is 108 Remainder 5?
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Goofus solved the following division problem: 276 divided by 3. He got the quotient 34 Remainder 4. Was Goofus correct? Show your work!
What is NO, Goofus was incorrect.
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Use the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 to create a division problem with a one-digit divisor that will give you the GREATEST quotient.
What is 432 divided by 1?