Partial Quotient Division Name: ______________________ Partial Quotient Division Directions: Read each problem below. Use partial quotient division to find the answers. 1. The Martin High School football team scored 68 points in their game against Brighton High. They scored the same amount of points in each of the 4 quarters. How many points did the team score in each quarter? 2. There are 124 kids in the fourth grade. Coach Sullivan wants to divide the fourth graders into 4 teams for a big kickball tournament. If he puts the same number of students on each team, how many students will there be on each team?
3. The Lewistown Zoo has 242 lizards. There are 11 lizards in each cage. How many cages does the zoo have? 4. Zach mowed lawns to earn money last summer. He earned $5 for each lawn that he mowed. He earned a total of $295. How many lawns did he mow? 5. Fun Times Day Care has a total of 90 peanut butter crackers for snack. There are 15 children at the Day Care. If each child receives the same amount of crackers, how many crackers does each child get?
6. Laney did the same number of sit-ups each day for a 20-day period 6. Laney did the same number of sit-ups each day for a 20-day period. At the end of the 20 days, she had done a total of 700 sit-ups. How many sit-ups did she do each day? 7. A concession stand sold a total of $126 in sodas. If each soda cost $3, how many sodas did the concession stand sell? 8. Joy sat at a railroad crossing for 7 minutes and watched a total of 91 train cars pass. How many train cars passed by in just one minute?
Partial Quotient Division – Answer Key Teacher note: The individual problem-solving will differ for each student. These are just possible answers. 1. The Martin High School football team scored 68 points in their game against Brighton High. They scored the same amount of points in each of the 4 quarters. How many points did the team score in each quarter? 17 4 68 10 x 4 = 40 40 5 x 4 = 20 28 20 2 x 4 = 8 8 8 10 5 2 17 2. There are 124 kids in the fourth grade. Coach Sullivan wants to divide the fourth graders into 4 teams for a big kickball tournament. If he puts the same number of students on each team, how many students will there be on each team? 31 10 x 4 = 40 4 124 10 x 4 = 40 40 84 10 x 4 = 40 40 44 1 x 4 = 4 40 10 4 10 10 4 1 31
3. The Lewistown Zoo has 242 lizards. There are 11 lizards in each cage. How many cages does the zoo have? 22 10 x 11 = 110 11 242 10 x 11 = 110 110 132 2 x 11 = 22 110 22 22 10 10 2 22 4. Zach mowed lawns to earn money last summer. He earned $5 for each lawn that he mowed. He earned a total of $295. How many lawns did he mow? 59 20 x 5 = 100 5 295 20 x 5 = 100 100 195 10 x 5 = 50 100 95 5 x 5 = 25 20 20 50 4 x 5 = 20 10 45 5 25 4 20 59 20 5. Fun Times Day Care has a total of 90 peanut butter crackers for snack. There are 15 children at the Day Care. If each child receives the same amount of crackers, how many crackers does each child get? 6 15 90 2 x 15 = 30 30 2 x 15 = 30 2 60 2 2 x 15 = 30 30 2 30 30 6
6. Laney did the same number of sit-ups each day for a 20-day period 6. Laney did the same number of sit-ups each day for a 20-day period. At the end of the 20 days, she had done a total of 700 sit-ups. How many sit-ups did she do each day? 35 20 700 10 x 20 = 200 200 10 x 20 = 200 500 200 10 x 20 = 200 300 200 5 x 20 = 100 100 10 100 10 10 5 35 7. A concession stand sold a total of $126 in sodas. If each soda cost $3, how many sodas did the concession stand sell? 42 20 x 3 = 60 3 126 20 x 3 = 60 60 66 2 x 3 = 6 60 6 6 20 20 2 42 8. Joy sat at a railroad crossing for 7 minutes and watched a total of 91 train cars pass. How many train cars passed by in just one minute? 13 7 91 10 x 7 = 70 70 3 x 7 = 21 21 21 10 3 3