How to divide

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SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative › How to divide

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1

Fill in the blank.

$72=12\times$ __________

Explanation

The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

$72\div12=6$

$12\times6=72$

2

Melissa is making holiday cookies. She made cookies and she's going to put them into small containers to give out to her friends. Each container holds cookies. How many containers can she fill completely?

Explanation

When we have a set of something that we are splitting up into groups, we divide. In this case, we are splitting up cookies into containers. We have cookies that we are dividing into containers. Each container holds cookies, so we divide by to find out how many containers we can fill. We will let represent the number of containers that we can fill.

$35\div4=c$

$\frac{\begin{array}[b]{r} \ 8\ 4{\overline{\smash{)}35}}\ -\ 32\end{array}}{ \ \ \ \ \ 3}$

We drop the remainder of because the question asks how many containers we can fill completely.

3

Solve $32\div8$ by finding the unknown factor.

Explanation

A factor is a number that is multiplied by another number to produce a given number.

In this case, the unknown factor is the number multiplied by to get .

Think: What times equals

$8\times4=32$

4

Solve $33\div11$ by finding the unknown factor.

Explanation

A factor is a number that is multiplied by another number to produce a given number.

In this case, the unknown factor is the number multiplied by to get .

$11\times3=33$

5

Solve $42\div6$ by finding the unknown factor.

Explanation

A factor is a number that is multiplied by another number to produce a given number.

In this case, the unknown factor is the number multiplied by to get .

$6\times7=42$

6

Fill in the blank.

$108=12\times$ __________

Explanation

The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

$108\div12=9$

$12\times9=108$

7

Solve $25\div5$ by finding the unknown factor.

Explanation

A factor is a number that is multiplied by another number to produce a given number.

In this case, the unknown factor is the number multiplied by to get .

$5\times5=25$

8

Solve $48\div12$ by finding the unknown factor.

Explanation

A factor is a number that is multiplied by another number to produce a given number.

In this case, the unknown factor is the number multiplied by to get .

$12\times4=48$

9

Fill in the blank.

$7=1\times$ __________

Explanation

The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

$7\div1=7$

$1\times7=7$

10

Fill in the blank.

$40=4\times$ __________

Explanation

The opposite of multiplication is division. In order to find the missing piece of this multiplication problem we can divide.

$40\div4=10$

$4\times10=40$

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