Divide 10's, 100's, 1000's
Estimate Quotients
Draw a Picture
Box Method or Dog House Method
Story Problems
100

120 divided by 4 

12 divided by 4 = 3

120 divided by 4 = 30 

100

87 divided by 9

90 divided by 9 = 10 

81 divided by 9 = 9 

100

Draw a picture to show:

10 divided by 3

3 r 1

100

78 divided by 6 

13 

100

Susie is making sock puppets. Each puppet needs 5 buttons. If Susie has 53 buttons, how many puppets can she make? How many buttons will be left over? 

53 divided by 5 = 10 r 3

She can make 10 puppets. 3 buttons will be left over. 

200

560 divided by 8 

56 divided by 8 = 7 

560 divided by 8 = 70

200

68 divided by 6 

66 divided by 6 = 11

200

Draw a picture to show: 

15 divided by 6 

2 r 3 

200

89 divided by 9 

9 r 8 

200

There are 27 students in a class. Their teacher asks them to get into groups of 4. How many groups of 4 will there be? How many students will be left over? 

27 divided by 4 = 6 r 3 

There will be 6 groups of 4. 3 students will be left over. 

300

3,500 divided by 7 

35 divided by 7 = 5

3,500 divided by 7 = 500

300

281 divided by 9 

270 divided by 9 = 30 

300

Draw a picture to show: 

29 divided by 5 

5 r 4 

300

256 divided by 2 

128 

300

A minivan can hold 7 people. How many minivans are needed to take 45 people to a basketball game? 

45 divided by 7 = 6 r 3 

6 vans will be full! One more van will be needed to haul the 3 left over people. 6 vans + 1 van equals =

7 vans

400

2,000 divided by 5 

20 divided by 5 = 4 

2,000 divided by 5 = 400

400

654 divided by 8 

640 divided by 8 = 80 

400

Draw a picture to show: 

27 divided by 6 

4 r 3 

400

631 divided by 4

157 r 3 

400

There are 8 dinner rolls in a package. How many packages will be needed to feed 64 people if each person gets 2 rolls? 

64 x 2 = 128 rolls needed

128 divided by 8 = 16 packages

500

Hillary can read 560 words in 7 minutes. How many words can she read in 1 minute? 

560 divided by 7 = 80 words

500

Bob made $1273 in 6 days. About how much money did he make in 1 day? 

1200 divided by 6 = 200

500

Draw a picture to show: 

36 divided by 8 

4 r 4

500

3, 449 divided by 4

862 r 1

500

A pantry holds 52 soup cans and 74 vegetable cans. Each shelf holds 9 cans. What is the least number of shelves needed to hold all of the cans? 

52 + 74 = 126

126 divided by 9 = 14 shelves