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?

Estimate

100

35 ÷ 4

36 ÷ 4 = 9

32 ÷ 4 = 8

200

1,543 ÷ 4

1,600 ÷ 4 = 400

1,200 ÷ 4 = 300

300

545 ÷ 8 =

560 ÷ 8 = 70

480 ÷ 8 = 60

400

219 ÷ 3

210 ÷ 3 = 70

240 ÷ 3 = 80

500

879 ÷ 11 =

880 ÷ 11 = 8

770 ÷ 11 = 7

Word Problems

100

Jane drove 254 miles in 5 hours. What is the best estimate of the total distance she drove each hour?

50 miles

200

Jack has 5 times as much money as Susan. Together they have 4,200 tl. How much money does Susan have?

3,500 tl

300

Bob and Joe collected shells at the beach. Joe collected 10 times as many shells as Bob. They found 176 shells in all. How many shells did Bob collect?

16

400

At the party, there were 208 people. How many tables are needed if 8 people can sit at one table?

26

500

It would cost 1,872 tl for the class to visit a museum. If there are 36 students, how much will each student pay?

52 tl

Divide!

100

851 ÷ 2

425 r1

200

52,456 ÷ 21

2,497 r19

300

521 ÷ 4 

Write the remainder as a fraction.

130  1/4

400

834 ÷ 33

25 r 9

500

344 ÷ 77

4 r 36

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 15 people, how many vans does he need to rent.

22 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 pieces

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 players

400

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

$80 and 1/4

$80.25

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