Vocabulary
What is the divisor ?
the number doing the dividing or the number dividing the dividend.
84/4
21
320 ÷ 4
80
57 divided by 3
19
Audrey has 54 cookies and wants to share with 6 friends. How many cookies does each person get?
9 cookies.
What is the dividend?
A number that is to be divided by another number.
54/3
18
Reyansh's family and 2 of his friends went to Hawaii. Admission to the park costs a total of $120. If there were 6 people in Reyansh's group and everyone paid the same amount, how much did each person pay?
Each person paid $20.
126 divided by 7
18
A herd of buffalo roamed 640 kilometers in 8 months. How many miles did they roam each month?
They roamed 80 kilometers each month.
What is the quotient?
The number that results from the division of one number by another.
96/6
16
140 ÷ 2
70
504 divided by 9
56
A train travels about 810 kilometers in 9 hours. How many kilometers does it travel each hour?
810 ÷ 9 = 90 kilometers each hour
What is the remainder?
672/6
112
4200 ÷ 6
700
735 divided by 5
147
There were 8 dozen donuts in the teachers room for the staff to eat. Each of the 48 staff members ate the same amount of donuts. How many donuts did each staff member eat?
Each member ate 2 donuts.
What are the four steps in long division?
Divide, Multiple, Subtract, and Bring down.
905/5
181
Which will have a greater quotient. Be prepared to explain.
2400 ÷ 4 OR 7200 ÷ 9
7200 ÷ 9 = 800 because 2400 ÷ 4 = 600
736 divided by 8
92
Akash had 49 crackers. He divided them equally among 4 friends. How many were left over?
49 ÷ 4 = 12 R1
One cracker is left over.