Vocabulary
I'm not the sum, the difference, or the product, but in division I am just like them
What is the quotient
Randy has 87 basketballs. He is going to store them in bins that hold 8 balls each. How many bins does he need to store all of the balls?
What is 11 bins
What is the best estimate for 29 divided by 5? Is it an over or underestimate?
What is 6, and it is an overestimate.
Ron Weasley and three other people were equally sharing the 160 ounces of Magisoda they made. How many ounces would each person get?
What is 40 ounces
When should I be so rude as to ignore the remainder?
When I want to be kind and loving and give everyone an equal amount, the same amount, or determine how many full groups I have.
If I were food on a plate that was not eaten I would be a leftover, in division I'm similar
What is a remainder
Martha made a pot of chicken soup to share with her family. The pot held 45 ounces and each full bowl had 7 ounces in it. How many ounces were in the bowl that was not full?
What is 3 ounces
Leslie rode her bike for 7 days in a row. Her total riding time was 120 minutes. ABOUT how many minutes did she ride each day?
What is about 20 minutes. It is an overestimate. The underestimate would have been 10 minutes which is not the best estimate.
The National Zoo has 6 elephants and 78 bales of hay. If they give each elephant the same amount of hay how many bales will each elephant get?
What is 13 bales of hay?
That poor remainder is ignored sometimes, but other times he is my answer! When do I know he is my answer?
What should I look for to avoid making a mistake?
What is the question asks for left over, or NOT full
I should always look for the word NOT before the word full, or complete.
You break me apart and put me into groups of equal sizes
What is the dividend
Mr. Lead bought a box of 56 pencils. If he shared them equally with his 9 students how many pencils would he give to each student?
What is 6 pencils
Santa wanted to give an equal number of gifts to each of his 3 favorite elves. If he has 671 total gifts ABOUT how many gifts will each elf receive?
What is about 200 gifts
Jeremy rode his horse for an equal number of minutes each day for 4 days. If he rode for a total of 728 minutes, how many minutes did he ride each day?
What is 182 minutes each day?
Give two or more situations (not clue words) in which you would add one to the quotient to include the remainder
What is go on a trip in cars
What is ride in an elevator
I represent the number of groups that are being created
What is the divisor
Archie is building a brick house for his dog. He bought a pallet of 245 bricks. How many full rows of bricks can he make if one full row has 8 bricks?
What is 30 full rows
Rudolph let his nose glow for a total of 134 minutes each day for 7 days in a row. ABOUT how many minutes did his nose glow each day?
What is about 20 minutes
Larry, Curly, and Mo were performing an act for the queen. On Monday they were given 454 minutes and on Tuesday they were given another 380 minutes. If they each were given an equal amount of time to perform, how many minutes did each performer get?
What is 278 minutes each?
Name a situation when you should ignore the remainder
What would you do with the remainder that you ignored?
Sharing an item equally with students
GIVE IT TO MOM OR ANOTHER LOVED ONE.
Some say that division is the same as this
What is repeated subtraction
Little Bo Peep is taking her 359 sheep on a field trip. One wagon holds 7 sheep. How many empty seats will there be in the wagon that is not full?
There will be 51 full wagons and the wagon that is not full will have 2 sheep in it, which means there will be 5 EMPTY seats.
Jimmy cracked corn for 5 hours. During that time he cracked 349 pieces of corn! About how much corn did he crack each hour?
What is 70 pieces of corn each hour
Mr. White was tracking how much snow fell during one week. He discovered that a total of 763 inches fell! If the same amount of snow fell each day, how much snow fell on Monday?
What is 109 inches?
Solve this problem using TWO DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
Ricky the raccoon caught 23 crayfish. He wanted to share them equally with his 3 children and himself. How many crayfish does each raccoon get for supper?
Solve it using a labeled equation
Solve it drawing a picture