How can I check if my quotient is correct when there is a remainder?
quotient x divisor + remainder
9,000 divided by ____ = 300
30
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
1,596 divided by 13
122 R 10 or 122 10/13
8,349 divided by 35
238 19/35
If a word problem asks how many are left over (in a division problem), what would you use as your answer?
REMAINDER
What is the number we are DIVIDING by called?
divisor
What is the number we are dividing called?
dividend
49,000 divided by ___ = 700
70
560 divided by 70
8
Estimate: 2,740 divided 67
40
12,734 divided by 16
795 R 14 or 795 14/16
57,409 divided by 12
4,784 1/12
3,290 divided by 31
106 R 4 or 106 4/31
2,500 divided by 50
50
How do I know if I have an appropriate remainder?
The remainder is less than the divisor
12,675 divided by 50
253 25/50
What is the answer to a division equation called?
quotient
360 divdided by 11
32 8/11
Estimate: 6,395 divided by 84
80
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