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There are 15 bananas and 3 baskets. How many bananas are in each box?
5 bananas are in each box because 15/3 = 5
100
I have 9 oranges. 4 can fit in an orange box. How many oranges will not be able to fit?
1 orange because I can make 2 groups of four and that leaves one extra.
100
Use repeated subtraction to show 16 divided by 4.
16-4=12 12-4=8 8-4=4 4-4=0
100
Jenna has 48 pieces of candy. She wants to share the candy equally with her 3 friends. Remembering that she wants candy too, how many pieces will each person get?
Each person will get 12 pieces of candy because 48/4=12
100
10/2=?
10/2=5
200
Ellie has 24 shoes. She matches each shoe with it's pair. How many pairs of shoes does she have?
She has 12 pairs of shoes because 24/2=12
200
The teacher asked the students to get into groups of 3. There are 23 students in the class. How many students will not be in a group of three?
There will be 2 students because I know that I can make 7 groups of 3 and that would put 21 students into groups and since I can't make another group of 3, I know that 2 are leftover.
200
Use repeated subtraction to show 28 divided by 7
28-7=21 21-7=14 14-7=7 7-7=0
200
Joey has 35 baseball cards and wants to put 7 cards on each page. How many pages can he fill?
He can fill 5 pages because 35/7=5
200
99/11=?
99/11=9
300
Paul has 56 roses and 8 vases. How many roses will be in each vase?
There will be 7 roses in each vase because 56/8=7
300
There are 40 third graders and are going on a field trip and one bus can fit 12 students. How many buses will they need?
They will need 4 buses because I can make 3 equal groups of 12 and that equals 36. Since those 4 extra students still need to go on the trip, they will need to get another bus for the extras.
300
Libby has 24 buttons. She makes puppets that use 4 buttons each. How many puppets can she make?
She can make 6 puppets because 24/4=6
300
Which story shows the division sentence: 12/3=4 a. Allie has 3 nickels and 4 dimes. How many coins does she have altogether? b. Allie has 12 books and puts 3 on each shelf. How many shelves will she fill?
B because in that problem, you have to make equal groups
300
108/9=
108/9=12
400
June has 35 books and wants to put 5 books on each shelf in the library. How many library shelves can she fill?
She can fill 7 shelves because 35/5=7
400
Carol has 32 pictures. She can fit 10 on each page of her scrapbook. How many pictures will be on the 4th page of her scrapbook?
There will be 2 pictures on that page because the first three pages will have 10 each and that would use up 30 pictures. The 2 extras would be on the fourth page.
400
What division sentence does this show? 18-6=12 12-6=6 6-6=0
18/6=3
400
Which division story matches 24/3? A. Carmen has 24 flowers and puts 3 in a vase. How many are not in a vase? B. Ms. Brandley has 24 crayons and gives 3 to each student. How many students will get crayons?
B because A is a subtraction problem since it says he put 3 in only one vase. B talks about Ms. Brandley giving an equal group to each student.
400
121/11=
121/11=11
500
A classroom has 21 desks. How many groups of 3 can the teacher make?
The teacher can make 7 groups of 3 because 21/3=7
500
There are 27 people at a picnic. Each picnic table seats 6 people. How many tables will be needed?
They will need 5 tables because 4 groups of 6 = 24 and the 3 extra people need to sit so they need a 5th table.
500
Which division sentence is shown below? 33-11=22 22-11=11 11-11=0
33/11=3
500
Carla used 36 seashells to make 6 necklaces. How many seashells does each necklace have?
Each necklace will have 6 seashells because 36/6=6
500
48/7=
48/7= 6 R 6