Division
42,000 divided by 7
6,000
Mrs. Jala had 60 candies she wanted to divide into 5 bags. How many candies does she put in each bag?
12 candies in each bag
815 divided by 9. In which place is the first digit of the quotient?
Tens place (Quotient: 90)
Draw a model for this division problem:
21 divided by 4
(Check students' answer)
Miss Hon has 8 dozen basketballs. She divides the basketballs equally into 4 bins. How many basketballs are in each bin?
24 basketballs
876 divided by 4
219
Carrots were given to Mrs. Sands by 3 different people. All of them gave a total of 936 carrots. Each person gave the same number of carrots. How many carrots did each person give to Mrs. Sands?
312 carrots
934 divided by 2. In which place is the first digit of the quotient?
Hundred place (quotient: 467)
Draw a model using base ten blocks to divide 39 into 4 different groups.
(check students' answer)
7,200 divided 9
800
Miss du Toit plans a duck tour for 150 tourists. She rents 18 vans and each van carries 8 tourists.
a) Write a division problem that can be used to find the number of vans needed to carry the tourists.
b) What does the remainder mean?
a) 150 (divided by) 8 = 18 r 6
b) A remainder of 6 means that 6 tourists do not fit in the 18 vans. Miss du Toit needs to order 19 vans!
1234 divided by 5. In which place is the second digit of the quotient?
Tens place (Quotient: 246)
Draw a model for 27 divided by 3
(check students' answers)
There are 75 seats in a tiny basketball court. There are 5 seats in each row. There are 55 people seated, filling up 11 rows of seats. How many rows are empty?
4 rows