What's the quotient?
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100

Find the quotient of:

528 divided by 3

176

100

A train has a total of 216 seats in 3 cars. Each train car has the same number of seats. How many seats are in each train car?

72 seats

100

Using rounding and estimation to check this equation:

185 divided by 6

Quotient: 30 r 5


Check: 30X6=180

Or 180 divided by 6=30

100

Bucky Badger collects 176 volleyballs during the match. He has to put them away equally into 4 ball carts. How many volleyballs are in each ball cart?

176 divided by 4

44 volleyballs

100

This is the answer to a division problem/

The quotient.

200

Find the quotient of:

752 divided by 7

107 R3

200

There are 224 students enrolled in swim classes. If there are 8 students in each class, how many classes are there?

28 classes

200

Use estimation and rounding to check if your quotient makes sense.

236 divided by 5

Quotient: 47 R1

Check: 50X5=250

or 200 divided by 5=40

200

The kitchen makes 185 sugar cookies for classroom parties. There are 18 students in each class. How many classrooms are there in the school?

185 divided by 18=10 R5

10 classrooms

200

This number is the total of things you are divided. (Hint: it goes in the bracket)

Dividend

300

Find the quotient of:

470 divided by 3

156 R2

300

Abby read 28 pages in a novel. Corey read 29 more pages than Abby. Evan read 3 times as many pages as Corey. How many pages did Evan read?

28+29=57

57x3=171

171 pages

300

Use rounding and estimation to check if your quotient makes sense.

2,526 divided by 6

Quotient: 421

Check: 400x6=2,400

or 2,400 divided by 6=400

300

Mrs. McCarville puts 203 apples into cases. Each case hold 8 apples. How many cases is Mrs. McCarville able to fill with apples? How many apples are in a case that is not full?

203 divided by 8=25 R3

25 cases 

3 apples

300

This is the number you are dividing by. (Hint: it goes outside the bracket)

Divisor
400

Find the quotient of:

6,265 divided by 5

1,253

400

Mrs. Ruf finds 23 seashells on Friday and 38 more seashells on Saturday. She shares as many as she can of the seashells equally among herself and 3 friends. She keeps the leftover seashells for herself. How many seashells does Mrs. Ruf have?

23+38=61

61 divided by 4=15 R 1

15+1=16

16 seashells

400

Check rounding and estimation to see if your quotient makes sense.

4,435 divided by 7

Quotient: 633 R4

Check: 600x7=4,200

or 4,200 divided by 7=600

400

Miss Natalie uses 12 boxes of nails to make bird feeders for Christmas presents. There are 83 nails in each box. How many nails does she use in all?

12x83=996

996 nails

400
To check your answer in division you can do this:

_______x_________=_________

(Hint: think of your vocabulary terms)

quotient x divisor=dividend

500

Find the quotient of:

5,155 divided by 3

1,718 R1

500

US Cellular makes 840 cell phones. Testing shows that 45 of them are broken, and the rest are shipped to 5 stores. Each store receives an equal number of cell phones. How many cell phones does each store get?

840-45=795

795 divided by 5=159

159 cell phones

500

Use rounding and estimation to see if your quotient makes sense.

5,325 divided by 8

Quotient: 665 R5

Check: 650x8=5,2000 

or 5,600 divided by 8=700

500
Mr. Finkenbinder earns $124 for mowing lawns and $88 delivering newspapers on the weekends. He uses all of the money to buy 2 pairs of shoes. Each pair costs the same amount. What is the cost of one pair of shoes?

$124+$88=$212

$212 divided by 2=$106

$106

500

This is the reason you can check division problems using multiplication.

They are inverse operations.