Estimating
Estimate the quotient:
500 / 11 =
500 / 10 = 50
Mrs. Stevens heard that there is a shipment of 138 puppies coming next weekend! If each volunteer can foster 7 puppies each, how many volunteers are needed for every puppy to have a home?
20 volunteers. The answer needs to be rounded up so that each puppy will have a home.
Solve:
238 / 2 =
119
Make an area model to solve:
900 / 25 =
36
When is your math test?
Wednesday, 10/14
Estimate the quotient:
428 / 53 = ?
400 / 50 = 8
There are 25 students in our class. If Mrs. Stevens and Miss Moffa bring in 143 pieces of candy for our class Halloween party, how many pieces of candy will each student get? Is there a remainder?
5 pieces. Yes, the remainder is 18.
Solve:
732 / 12 =
61
Witch Way to Recess 3 times as many Dojo points than The Killer Bees. If both tables have a total of 324 points, how many points do The Killer Bees have? Make a bar model and solve.
81 points
What is a quotient?
The answer to a division problem.
Estimate the quotient:
328 / 9 =
300 / 10 = 30
Miss Moffa has 1,394 dancers at her dance studio. If there are 34 classes, how many dancers will be in each class?
41 dancers
Solve:
3,279 / 82 =
39 r81 or 39 81/82
The cafeteria sold 5 times as many cookies in December than they did in June. If they sold a total of 900 cookies over the two months, how many cookies were sold in December? Make a bar model and solve.
750 cookies.
What are the steps to solving a long division problem?
Divide, Multiply, Subtract, Check, Bring Down, Repeat/Remainder
Estimate the quotient:
56,322 / 23 =
60,000 / 20 = 3,000
The Twilight Zone table combined their Halloween candy to split with the class. If they have 3,420 pieces of candy, how many pieces of candy will each of the 25 students get?
136 pieces of candy
Solve:
3,694 / 79 =
46 r60 or 46 60/79
The Ghouls of Cool finished their escape room 2 times as fast as the Jumping Jack-O-Lanterns. If it took the tables a combined time of 960 seconds, how many seconds did it take The Ghouls of Cool to finish? Make a bar model and solve.
640 seconds
If I ROUND UP to estimate, is my estimated answer going to be HIGHER or LOWER than my actual answer?
Higher
Estimate the quotient:
11,784 / 232 = ?
10,000 / 200 = 500
Dr. J is trying to separate this year's notebook supply evenly for each class. If there are 4,444 notebooks available and 44 classes, how many notebooks will each class get?
101 notebooks
Solve: 2,968 / 53 = ?
A. 50
B. 56
C. 58
D. 60
B. 56
Make an area model to solve:
3,940 / 20 = ?
197
What year did the UES open?
2001