5th Grade Division

Division Vocabulary

100

Finding a number that is close to the exact amount.

What is estimating?

200

Numbers that are easy to compute.

What are compatible numbers?

300

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided evenly.

What is the remainder?

400

A number that is evenly divisible has no ___________.

What is remainder?

500

Dividing where multiples of the divisor are subtracted from the dividend and then the quotients are added together.

What is partial quotient?

Division

100

35/4

9

200

1,543/4

What is 300?

300

545/8=

What is 70?

400

721/3

What is 200

500

900/12

75

Word Problems

100

Jane drove 49 miles each hour for 5 hours. What is the best estimate of the total distance she drove each hour?

10 miles

200

I have 48 cookies to share with 5 friends.  How many cookies will each friend get?

9 cookies

300

There are 571 students going on a field trip.  Each bus holds 39 students.  How many buses are needed?

15 buses

400

I have 109 shirts to pack and each box holds 8 shirts.  How many boxes do I need?

14 boxes

500

Mrs Eckhoff is displaying art projects in the hall. There are 439 art projects. If 17 projects can fit in each row, how many rows will she need?

26 rows

Divide!

100

851/2

425 R 1

200

344/7

49 R 1

300

521/40

13 R 1

400

834/32

26 R 2

500

52,456/21

2497 R 19

Interpret Remainder

100

Mr. Lager has a huge family. They are going on camping trip! He has 323 total people going. If each van holds 6 people, how many vans does he need to rent.

54 vans

200

Shelby and Ellie is cutting ribbon into 4 foot pieces for a craft project. How many full pieces can she cut from the 54 foot roll?

13

300

There are 453 people that tried out for the football team. The coach separated them into teams of 9. How many football players will have to sit out?

3

400

Tina, Kari and Katie won $321 dollars. If they want to split the money evenly, how much money would each person get?

$107.00

500

The girl scouts are trying organize tables for the art projects. They have 45 tables in storage. Each table can display 3 art projects. If there are 83 art projects that need to go on display, how many tables should the pull out of the storage?

28 tables