sharing or grouping
a number into equal parts
division
13 ÷ 5 =
2 r3
25 ÷ 7 =
3 r4
38 ÷ 4 =
9 r2
Jerry bought nine boxes of baseball cards at a yard sale and ended up with seven hundred thirty eight cards total. If each box held the same number of cards, how many cards were in each box?
There were 82 baseball cards in each box.
the answer to a division problem
quotient
704 ÷ 8 =
88
235 ÷ 5 =
47
531 ÷ 9 =
59
A coat factory had six hundred fifty-nine coats. If they wanted to put them into three boxes, with the same number of coats in each box, how many extra coats would they have left over?
2 coats would be left over.
amount left over after dividing a number,
remainder
371 ÷ 8 =
46 r3
747 ÷ 5 =
149 r2
961 ÷ 8 =
120 r1
There are eight hundred fifty-one students going to a trivia competition. If each school bus can hold eight students, how many buses will they need?
They will need 107 buses.
the number being divided
dividend
1,443 ÷ 3 =
481
3,588 ÷ 6 =
598
9,225 ÷ 9 =
1,025
A box of computer paper has five hundred sixty-seven sheets left in it. If each printer in a computer lab needed eight sheets how many printers would the box fill up?
The box would fill 70 printers.
a number that will divide the dividend exactly
divisor
5,081 ÷ 5 =
1,016 r1
6,911 ÷ 2 =
3455 r1
5,342 ÷ 4 =
1,335 r2
Tom wanted to give each of his four friends an equal amount of candy. At the store he bought four hundred fourteen pieces total to give to them. He many more pieces should he have bought so he didn't have any extra pieces?
Tom should have bought 2 more pieces of candy.