Making Sense of Division

A baker has 16 bags of peanuts. She puts them in bags so that each bag has the same weight. In terms of pounds and bags of peanuts, what would 16/4 mean?

• 4 bags with 4 ozs in each bag

• 16 bags with 4 ozs in each bag

• 16 bags with 6 ozs in each bag

• 4 bags with 16 ozs in each bag

Explain what the division expression in the context of the bags of peanuts 16/4?

• 16 bags with 6 ozs in each bag

• 16 bags with 4 ozs in each bag

• 4 bags with 4 ozs in each bag

• 4 bags with 16 ozs in each bag

Mai has 8 jars. In each jar she put 4.25 cups of homemade peach jam. Altogether, how many cups of jam are in the the jars.

• 28

• 34

• 32

• 38

Priya filled 10 jars, using a total of 12.5 cups of blueberry jam. How many cups of jam are in each jar?

• 1.25

• 1.5

• 2.5

• 1

Han had some jars. He put .74 cups of apricot jam in each jar, using a total of 12.75 cups. How many jars did he fill?

• 15

• 12

• 17

• 19

During a field trip, 60 students are put into equal-sized groups. If you have 5 groups how many students are in each group?

• 11

• 13

• 12

• 14

Describe two ways to interpret 60/5 in this context.

• There are 60 groups and 5 students in each group.

• There are 5 groups and 12 students in each group.

• There are 60 student divided into 5 groups.

• There are 12 groups and 60 students in each group.

If (0,0) is Noon, at 9 a.m., it was below freezing. In what quadrant would this point be plotted?

• 4

• 1

• 3

• 2

If (0,0) is Noon, at 11 a.m., it was 10℃. In what quadrant would this point be plotted?

• 3

• 2

• 1

• 4

What quadrant is the point (-4, 5) in?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4