Vocabulary
An operation used to separate a number of items into equal sized groups.
Division
Isaac has a pile of 45 pencils. He must put them in 3 equal piles. How many pencils in each pile?
15 pencils
500 divided by 5
100
125 / 5
25
10 / 3
3 R 1
A close guess using mathematical thinking.
Estimate
91 students at Sistersville Elementary School sign up to play for 7 teams. How many players are on each team?
13 players
2000 divided by 2
1000
248 / 8
31
127 / 5
25 R 2
The number that is divided by another number.
Dividend
Tristan orders 3 pizzas with 12 slices in each pizza. Tristan and 8 of his friends split the 3 pizzas equally. How many slices do they each get?
4 slices
250 divided by 25
10
333 / 3
111
204 / 8
25 R 4
The number by which another number is divided.
Divisor
Natalie has 4 weeks to sell 200 tickets to her choir concert. How many tickets must she sell each week.
50 tickets
100 divided by 100
1
300 / 5
60
100 / 9
9 R 1
The result or answer of division.
Quotient
Jaxson and Opie go to an amusement park. Including them, there are 232 people waiting in line to ride. Each car holds 5 people. How many cars are needed to hold all the people in line?
46 R 1 = 47 Cars
0 divided by 100
0
999 / 9
111
1001 / 1000
1 R 1