Misc. Division
Story Problems
Dividing 3-digit dividends by 2-digit divisors
Dividing 4-digit dividends by 2-digit divisors
Vocabulary
100

7,500 / 50

150
100

Mrs. Connolly has 120 crayons for her art class of 20 students. How many crayons will each student get if the crayons are divided equally?

6 crayons

100

450 / 50

9

100

3,600 / 90

40

100

The answer to a multiplication problem

a product

200

The remainder when you divide 7,538 by 61

55

200

There are 135 comets that are visible from Earth every 20 years or less.  About how many of these comets are seen each year? 

6 or 7 comets

200

114 / 30

3 R24

200

2,956 / 50

50 R6

200

The answer to a division problem

a quotient

300

490 / 70

7

300

A group of 259 students are taking a field trip.  One bus is needed for every 20 students.  How many buses are needed?  

 

13 buses

300

697 / 90

7 R67

300

7,211 / 58

124 R19

300

In the problem 800 / 80 = 10. 800 is the...

Dividend

400

When a number is divided by 46, the answer is 174 with a remainder of 31. Use multiplication to find the answer that was divided by 46. 

8,015

400
Suppose one bottle of paint can cover 60 tiles.  You have 2,779 tiles. How many bottles of paint do you need to buy to cover all 2,779 tiles? 

47 cans of paint 

400

975 / 65

15

400

8,547 / 90

94 R87

400

In the equation 1800 / 18 = 100. 18 is the..

Divisor 

500

A bus can carry 34 students. If there are 572 students, how many buses are needed?

17 buses

500

A hurricane has been moving at 15 miles per hour for the past two days. Mrs. Lauderback recorded it moved 135 miles yesterday and 75 today. For how many hours has Mrs. Lauderback been keeping track of the storm? 

15 hours

500

986 / 29

34

500

4,476 / 26

172 R4

500

The leftover amount after dividing...

The remainder