Division

What is the number that gets divided in a division problem? (gets the house)

• multiplicand

• dividend

• quotient

• product

Answer explanation

dividENd = INside the house

What is the number that does the dividing in a division problem? (knocks at door)

• dividend

• multiplicand

• divisor

• multiplier

Answer explanation

divisOR knocks at the doOR

What is the answer to a division problem called? (on the roof)

• product

• sum

• difference

• quotient

Answer explanation

Quotient is on the roof!

Answer explanation

You cannot get a group of 18 out of 5 but you can out of 52. The number 18 rounds to 20 and 52 rounds to 50. If I were to divide 50 by 20 I would find I could get 2 groups of 20 out of the 50. This gives me a starting point for 52 divided by 18. When multiplied, 2 x 18 = 36. When I subtract 36 from 52 I have 16 left. I then bring down the next digit which is the second 2. I now have 162 divided by 18. Again, rounding helps. 162 is rounded to 200 and 200 divided by 20 is 10. Since I can only place a single digit above that 2 on the roof, the closest I have is 9. The 9 multiplied by 18 equals 162 so my problem divides out evenly.

What is the next step in the problem?

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Answer explanation

Multiply each number, divisor and dividend, by 10. Place the decimal point above the decimal in the dividend. Divide by long division.

Where will the first digit of the quotient be? (exclude the zeros as placeholders)

• tens place

• ones place

• tenths place

• hundredths place

Where will the first digit be in the quotient? (exclude the zeros as placeholders)

• tens place

• ones place

• tenths place

• hundredths place

Where will the first digit in the quotient be? (exclude the zeros as placeholders)

• tens place

• ones place

• tenths place

• hundredths place

Where does the decimal go in the quotient?

• in front of the 1

• behind the 1

• behind the 0

• behind the 6

Where does the decimal go in the quotient?

• in front of the

  first 1

• in front of the

  second 1

• in front of the 5

• behind the 5