1-Digit Divisors
520 divided by 8
65
168 divided by 14
12
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
7130 divided by 86
7,200 divided by 90 = 80
Sara and Sam picked apples over the weekend. Sam picked nine times as many apples as Sara. Together, they picked 310 apples. How many apples did Sara pick?
Sara picked 31.
(Sam picked 279.)
There are 103 students eating lunch in the cafeteria. Each table seats 4 students. All the tables are full, except for one. How many students are sitting at the table that is not full?
3 students
2,117 divided by 3
705r2
892 divided by 26
34r8
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
5,320 divided by 61
5,400 divided by 60 = 90
Jen wrote 10 times as many pages of a school report as Tom. Together they wrote 396 pages. How many pages did Tom write?
36 pages
A sporting goods store is going to ship 1,252 sleeping bags. Each shipping carton can hold 8 sleeping bags. How many cartons are needed to ship all of the sleeping bags?
157 cartons
3,476 divided by 6
579r2
3,186 divided by 62
51r24
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
4,128 divided by 48
4,000 divided by 50 = 80
Danny has 12 times as many baseball cards as Tony. Between them, they have 208 baseball cards. How many baseball cards does each boy have?
Tony - 16 cards
Danny - 192 cards
Maureen has 243 ounces of trail mix. She puts an equal number of ounces in each of 15 bags. How many ounces of trail mix does Maureen have left over?
3 ounces
3,283 divided by 9
364r7
2,950 divided by 67
44r2
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
2,665 divided by 36
2,800 divided by 40 = 70
Shawn bought a pair of shoes, a jacket, and a video game for $144. The cost of the jacket is 6 times the cost of the shoes. The cost of the video game is 5 times the cost of the shoes. How much did each item cost?
shoes $12
jacket $72
video game $60
James has 884 feet if rope. There are 12 teams of hikers. If James gives an equal amount of rope to each team, how much rope will each team receive?
73 2/3 feet
5,654 divided by 3
1,884r2
2,740 divided by 83
33r1
Use compatible numbers to estimate the quotient:
4,858 divided by 73
4,900 divided by 70 = 70
Kira, Larry, and Rita picked apples at an orchard. Kira picked twice as many pounds as Larry. Rita picked 3 times as many pounds as Larry. The total weight of the apples they picked was 7,500 pounds. How many pounds of apples did each person pick?
Kira - 1,250
Larry - 2,500
Rita - 3,750
Ray works at a produce packing plant. He packed 2,172 strawberries last week and put them in containers with 8 in each one. How many containers of strawberries were full?
271 containers