Vocabulary
The answer to a division problem is called a ____.
Quotient.
A positive number divided by a positive number will have a (positive/negative) quotient.
Positive
12 ÷ 2 =
6
-16 ÷ 4 =
-4
Olivia took along four friends to a local farm to pick apples. They picked 40 apples in all. How many apples will each one get, if they decided to share them equally?
10 apples
What is the dividend in this equation?
12 ÷ 4 = 3
12
A positive number divided by a negative number will have a (positive/negative) quotient.
Negative
15 ÷ 3 =
5
-25/(-5) =
5
Four (4) people want to make omelettes for breakfast. If there are 12 eggs total, how many eggs will each person get in their omelette?
3 eggs
What is the divisor in this equation?
18/2 = 9
A negative number divided by a negative number will have a (positive/negative) quotient.
Positive
18 ÷ 3 =
6
-162 ÷ 9 =
-18
Students in 6th grade were divided into 7 teams for a game of charades. If the class has 49 students, how many students will be on each team?
7 students
The number being divided in an equation is the ___.
Dividend.
Any number divided by itself is ____.
1
64 ÷ 8 =
328 ÷ (-8) =
-41
48 gallons per day
The number that you will divide by in an equation is the ___.
Divisor
Any number divided by 0 is ____.
Undefined
96 ÷ 8 =
-573/(-3) =
191
A team of explorers in Antarctica are tracking the weather. When they go to bed at 7:00pm, it is -15 degrees Fahrenheit. When they wake up at 4:00am, it is -51 degrees Fahrenheit. What was the rate of temperature change per hour while they slept?
The temperature changed -36 degrees in 9 hours. Therefore, the rate of temperature change was -9 degrees Fahrenheit per hour.