Dividing

Whole
Numbers
Parts of Division Equation
 

❑Divisor    

❑Dividen
d
Kyla bought 36 cupcakes. The cupcakes
were packed equally in 4 boxes. How
many cupcakes were there in each box?
 9
36 ÷ 4 = 9 4 36
Dividend Quotient
Divisor
- 36
0
 Repeated subtraction
36 - 4 = 32 - 4 = 28 - 4 = 24
24 - 4 = 20 - 4 = 16 - 4 = 12
12 - 4 = 8 - 4 = 4 - 4 = 0
Division Sentence Multiplication Sentence
 

40 ÷ 5 = 8
 

40 ÷ 8 = 5
Let us try the following example
Direction:
On your whiteboard,
Write what is ask in
each item.
 1. What is the subtraction
sentence of 25 ÷ 5?
25 – 5 = 20 – 5 = 15 – 5 = 10
10 – 5 = 5 – 5 = 0
 

48 ÷ 8 = 6 or 48 ÷ 6 = 8
3. What is the multiplication sentence
of 49 – 7 = 42 – 7 = 35 – 7 = 28 – 7 =
21 – 7 = 14 – 7 = 7 – 7 = 0?