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What is the definition of a quotient?
The answer to a division problem.
Isabella went to a birthstone store. She chose to buy 27 birthstones but she only has 3 boxes. How many birthstones will go into each box?
9 birthstones per box.
Use mental math/compatible numbers to solve the following problem
63 ÷ 3
21
Interpret the remainder.
111 in. ÷ 10
11 1/10 in.
26 ÷ 2
13
What is the definition of a remainder?
A remainder is a leftover of a division problem.
Ava went to the market and bought 175 pieces of Sugar Daddy's. She wanted to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many Sugar Daddy's does each friend get?
25 Sugar Daddy's per friend.
Solve using mental math
180 ÷ 3
60
Interpret the remainder.
163lbs. ÷ 4
40 3/4 lbs.
Use the distributive property to solve:
45 ÷ 3
15
What is the definition of a divisor?
The number that divides the dividend.
Gigi jumped 97 feet from the street to the end of the park. If she jumped 9 times to reach that distance, how many feet did she jump per jump?
10 7/9 feet
Solve using mental math.
690 ÷ 3
230
Interpret the remainder.
216 ornaments are used on a tree. To put them away in boxes requires 7 ornaments per box. How many boxes are needed to put all the ornaments away?
31 boxes.
Use the distributive property to solve
207 ÷ 9
23
What is the definition of dividend?
The number that is being divided into groups.
Lori wanted 42 burgers. She wanted to share burgers with her 4 friends. What is the most burgers each person can have? What is remaining?
8 burgers per person with 2 left over.
2000 ÷ 5
There are 316 elves that work at the ski jump. They go to break in groups of 7. How many complete groups take breaks?
45 groups.
Use the distributive property to solve.
403 ÷ 13
31
What is the definition of division?
The process of sharing a number of items to find how many equal groups can be made or how many items will be in each equal group. This is the opposite of multiplication.
Oliver has 27,265 pieces of candy. He eats 133 pieces of candy. He wants to split the rest of the candy into groups of 133 pieces. How many groups can he make?
204 groups.
Solve using mental math.
138 ÷ 2
69
Interpret the remainder.
639 windows are placed in a building. They put the windows in groups of 10 to let in the most natural light. How many groups of windows can be seen in the school?
63 groups.
Use the distributive property to solve.
768 ÷ 16
48