Mental Division with Whole Numbers
Mental Division with Decimal Numbers
Remainder Types
Whole Number Written Division
Decimal Division
100

24 divided by 6

4

100

1.2 divided by 6

0.2

100

What is the best remainder type for this problem?

Tara bought 14 pieces of paper.  She had to use 3 of them per class today.  How many classes could she get through with the paper she had?

Whole number!

100

564 divided by 8
Remainder as a whole number

70 r.4

100

4.2 divided by 6

0.7

200

56 divided by 7

8

200

2.8 divided by 7

0.4

200

What is the best remainder type for this problem?

Jorge brought 14 Euros to the Kiezmarkt with his friends.  He wanted to give his money away to 5 different friends (how generous!).  How much money does each friend get?

Decimal remainder!

200

5829 divided by 12

Remainder as a fraction

485 3/4

200

33.2 divided by 5

6.64

300

108 divided by 9

12

300

10 divided by 0.5

20

300

Taya brought 34 cookies to her class party.  There are 12 students in her class.  How many cookies does each classmate get?

Fraction remainder!

300

888 divided by 72

Remainder as a whole number

12 r.24

300

25.6 divided by 6

4.26 repeating

400

156 divided by 12

13

400

0.36 divided by 6

0.06

400

Which remainder is best suited for this problem?

There are 32 days of soccer practice.  A coach wants to spend 1/3 of the time working on drills, another on scrimmaging and a final 1/3 on stamina training.  How many days will the team practice each type?

Fractions!

400

5026 divided by 25

Remainder as decimal

201.04

400

325.6 divided b 8

40.7

500

126 divided by 6

21

500

0.08 divided by 0.02

4

500

Which remainder is best suited for this problem?

It takes 24 hours to travel from one city to another. If a driver breaks up the trip over 9 different days, how much time will the driver travel each day, on average?

Trick question! =) Convert the results to minutes and then seconds as necessary

500

4365 divided by 225

Remainder as decimal

19.4

500

999 divided by 1.2

832.5