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100

Use mental math to solve:

3,500 divide 5 =

a. 700
b. 600
c. 300
d. 500

a. 700

100

What is the best estimate of 487 div 67 ?

7

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490 div 70 = 7

100

The carnival committee has purchased 985 small prizes. The prizes are to be divided equally among the 20 game booths. How many prizes will each booth have? How many prizes will be left?

49 prizes at each booth, with 5 prizes left over.

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985 div 20 = 49 r5

100

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided equally is called the ________.

a. Remain
b. Remained
c. Remainder
d. Remaining

c. Remainder

200

What is the dividend?

a. The number you divide by
b. The answer to a division problem
c. The answer to a multiplication problem
d. The number being divided

d. The number being divided

200

Estimate 2,694 div 29.

90

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2700 div 30 = 90

200

Five Star Farm purchased 2,400 apple trees. If 80 trees can be planted on each acre of land, how many acres will be needed to plant all the trees?

30 acres

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2400 div 80 = 30

200

Divide 1,528 by 37.

41 R11

300

Shelly bought 6 chocolates and 8 cookies. She paid $54 for the chocolates and $48 for the cookies. How much did each chocolate cost?

a. $12
b. $9
c. $6
d. $8


b. $9

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54 divide 6 = 9

300

What is the best estimate of 235 div 83?

3

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240 div 80 = 3

300

The fifth grade teachers are planning a field trip to the Great Escape. There are 347 fifth grade students. Each school bus can transport 32 students. How many buses are needed to get the entire fifth grade class to the Great Escape?

11 buses

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347 div 32 = 10 r27

Since we can't leave students behind, we need an extra bus for the remainder!

300

The ghost hunter has 27 batteries for his flashlights. If each flashlight needs 5 batteries, how many flashlights can he use?

a. 6
b. 5
c. 5r2
d. 0


b. 5

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Leftover batteries aren't enough to make the flashlight work!

400

If the dividend is 2070 and the divisor is 15, what is the quotient?

a. 127
b. 56
c. 138
d. 22

c. 138

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2070 divide 15 = 138

400

Estimate 174 div 17.

10

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170 div 17 = 10

400

The largest pizza in the world was cut up into 2,352 pieces for a pizza eating competition. If each participant got the same number of slices and there were 14 people competing, how many slices would each person get?

168 slices

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2352 div 14 = 168

400

How many times does 5 go into 555?

111 times