How can I check if my quotient is correct when there is a remainder?
quotient x divisor + remainder
1,148 divided by 28
41
12,734 divided by 16
795 R 14 or 795 14/16
320 divided by 40
8
49,000 divided by ___ = 700
70
9,000 divided by ____ = 300
30
56,000 divided by ___ = 700
80
What is the number we are DIVIDING by called?
divisor
2,500 divided by 50
50
1,596 divided by 13
122 R 10 or 122 10/13
How do I know if I have an appropriate remainder?
The remainder is less than the divisor
560 divided by 70
8
How can we write the remainder as a fraction?
remainder/divisor
There are 795 students in the fifth grade and 983 students in the sixth grade. The school buys erasers for each student in fifth and sixth grade. Erasers are sold in packages of 12. How many packages of erasers does the school need to buy?
QUOTIENT + 1
Estimate: 6,395 divided by 84
80
9,640 divided by 16
602 R 9 or 602 8/16
If a word problem asks how many are left over (in a division problem), what would you use as your answer?
REMAINDER
210 divided by 30
7
What is the answer to a division equation called?
quotient
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