Word Problems
Long Division
Zeros in the Quotient
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100

There are 4,300 pieces of popcorn and 54 students. We want to distribute popcorn to each student for the movie tomorrow. If we give each student the same amount of popcorn, how many pieces of popcorn will each student receive? How much popcorn is left over?

79 pieces each 34 pieces left over 79 R34

or

60 if you rounded; 4,300 to 4,000 and 54 to 50.

100

567 divided by 34

16 R23

or

20

100

4,320 divided by 36

120

100
Solve for x: 6,000 divided by x = 150
40
200

The owner of Angelo's restaraunt spent $888 on 46 new frying pans. About how much was each frying pan?

$20

or 

$18 if you rounded; $888 to $900 and 46 to 50.

200

8100 divided by 90

90

200

8,262 divided by 27

306

200
Write an expression that has a greater value than 3,900 divided by 60.
Answers will vary (but must have an answer greater than 65)
300

495 t-shirts are packaged in 47 boxes. About how many t-shirts are in each box?

10

300

975 divided by 5

195

or

200

300
7,795 divided by 38
205 R5
300
If there are 4,650 jelly beans and 50 glass jars, how many jelly beans will go in each jar?
93 jelly beans
400

A local firestation held a basket bingo and raised $3,250. Each person paid $25 to attend. The newspaper incorrectly reported that 400 people attended. How many people actually attended?

130

400

42,000 divided by 70

600

400
487 divided by 47
10 R17
400
852 divided by 28
12 R16
500

Jake bought 4 new tires for his car. He spent a total of $328. How much was each tire?

$82

500

8,420 divided by 72

116 R68

or

120

500
2,575 divided by 25
103
500
Solve for w: 800 divided by w = 40
20