Let's Divide #1
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Let's Divide #3
Math Vocabulary
Math Riddles

100

Jose has 24 oranges stored in boxes. If the are 3 boxes, how many oranges does Jose have?
8 oranges

100

We started the summer with 48 pencils. We gave each student 2 pencils. How many students did we give pencils to if we have no pencils left over?
24 students

100

What is 64 divided by 8?

8

100

What is the answer to a division problem called?
quotient

100

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?  the number?

The difference in age is 23 years, so I must be 23 if my father is twice as old as me.

200

Valeria has 128 M&M's. She wants to split them equally between 8 people. How many M&M's will each person get?
16 M&M's

200

What is 221 divided by 9?
24 R5

200

Jamall is reading a very exciting detective book. The book has 198 pages. If Jamall reads 9 pages per day, how many days will it take him to finish the book?
22 days

200

What do you call the number that is being divided in a division problem? (the number in the house)
dividend

200

One fourth of the population of a newly discovered planet have 4 legs. The rest have two legs. There are 60 legs total. How big is the population of the newly discovered planet?

24

300

What is 2,463 divided by 7?
351 R8

300

Ana ran around the track at school 9 times for a total of 3,675 meters. Approximately how many meters is one lap?
approximately 408 meters

300

Kali has 4,832 marbles in her collection. She keeps them in groups of 7. How many whole groups of marbles does Kali have?
690 whole groups of marbles.

300

What do you call the number that is divided into another number? (the number outside the house)
divisor

300

When completed in 1889 the Eiffel Tower was something of a sensation. Designed by the French engineer Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel its height is 492 feet plus half its own height.

How high is the eiffel tower?

984 feet

400

Alexis wants to split a collection of stickers into groups of 70. Alexis has 6440 stickers. How many groups will be created?
92 groups

400

Juan has 688 bananas stored in boxes. If the are 86 boxes, how many bananas must go in each box?
8 bananas

400

What is 1,840 divided by 23?
80

400

A division strategy that solves by using the place values.
partial quotient method

400

I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?

194

500

The school is planning a field trip. There are 1,232 students going. Each bus can seat 112 students. How many buses are needed to take the trip?
11 buses

500

What is 8,475 divided by 225?
37 R6

500

Joseph has $5,307 he wants to give away. If he gives each person $183, how many people can he give money to?
29 people.

500

A division strategy that solves by finding the area of a square or rectangle.
area model method

500

When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, "In two years I will be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she?

She is 12!