Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Divisors: Multiples of Te n

12-2

3

40 
 1  3  7

3

40 
 1  3  7

1 2 0

3 R 17

40 
 1  3  7

1 2 0

1 7

4 0


 3

1 2 0

 1 7

1 3 7

Each student gets 3 marbles.

There are 17 marbles left over.

Forty students share 137 marbles

equally. How many marbles does

each student get? How many

marbles are left over?

To find how many each gets,

divide: 137 40.

137  40

Think: 13  4  is close to 12 4 3.

Tr y 3.

?

17  40

Think

40 
 1  3  7  40  1 Not enough hundreds

40 
 1  3  7  40 13 Not enough tens

40 
 1  3  7  40  137 Enough ones

Estimate to place the

first digit in the quotient.

Divide the

ones.

Subtract and

compare.

Multiply. Check.

Complete each division.

4 R  5 R ? R ? R 35

1. 20
    8  5  2. 50
    2  5  8  3. 20
    1  6  6  4. 80
    6  7  5 
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