Mental Division
Estimation
Vocabulary
Division Computation
Word Problems
100
4,200 ÷ 70
What is 60
100
2,112 ÷ 72
What is 2,100 ÷ 70 = 30
100

The number which another number is to be divided

What is the divisor?

100

4,501 ÷ 7

What is 643?

100
Dylan has 168 pieces of candy. He wants to give it to 12 friends. How many pieces does each friend get?
What is 14 pieces?
200
1200 ÷ 600
What is 2
200
3,890 ÷ 41
What is 3,600 ÷ 40 = 90 or 4,000 ÷ 40 = 100
200

The number to be divided by another number.

What is the dividend?

200
4489 ÷ 21
What is 213 R16
200
Jillian has a steady stream of kids visit her house for candy on Halloween. She gives out 1720 pieces of candy for about 6 hours. ABOUT how much candy does she give out each hour?
What is 300 pieces.
300
100,000 ÷ 500
What is 200
300
5,398 ÷ 61
What is 5,400 ÷ 60 = 90
300

The answer to the division problem.

What is the quotient?

300

23,431 / 5 =

4,686 R 1

300
Lyric is trick-or-treating. She collects 276 pieces of candy. She visited 42 houses. About how much candy did she get at each house?
What is 280 ÷ 40 = 7 pieces at each house.
400
99,000 ÷ 1,100
What is 90
400
8,096 ÷ 92
What is 8,100 ÷ 90 = 90
400

The leftover part of the problem.

What is the remainder?

400

125,647 / 8 = 

What is 15,705 R7?

400
Brandon is carving a pumpkin. He is pulling out all of the seeds. He pulls out 1,489 seeds and puts them in 6 piles. How many seeds are in each pile? Are there any left over?If so, how many?
What is 248 seeds in each pile with 1 left over.
500
18,000 ÷ 6
What is 3,000
500
4,189 ÷ 7
What is 4,200 ÷ 7 = 600
500

The purpose of estimation when doing a long division problem.

What is to get a starting point and/or to know if your answer is reasonable?

500
3762 ÷ 62
What is 60 R42
500
Caleb and Jaheim are scaring people on Halloween. They make a total of 1,923 people scream. They do this for 3 hours. Assuming they see the same number of people each hour, how many people scream each hour?
What is 641 people each hour.