HESI Basic Division (whole numbers)

2,466/2=

1,233

Edie has 132 tulip bulbs. She wants to plant all of the tulip bulbs in 12 rows. How many tulip bulbs will Edie plant in each row?

11

672/6

112

132/11=

12

859/4=

214.75

IT IS BEST NOT TO LEAVE A DIVISION PROBLEM WITH A REMAINDER, BUT TO END IT AS A FRACTION OR DECIMAL, ADD A DECIMAL POINT AND ZEROS AT THE END OF THE DIVIDEND AND CONTINUE. IF A REMAINDER CONTINUES TO OCCUR, ROUND TO THE HUNDREDTHS PLACE.

233.547 > 233.55 ( THE 7 ROUNDS THE 4 TO A 5)

325/13=

25

9,618/3=

3,206

174/5

34.8

40/8=

5

5,024/8=

628

3,705/5=

741

There are 225 pieces of candy in a large jar. Ben wants to give 25 campers in his group and even amount of candy. How many pieces of candy will each camper receive?

9

45 / 5=

9 (The 45 represents the dividend; the number being divided. The 5 represents the divisor; the number by which the dividend is divided, and the 9 represents the quotient; the answer of the division problem).

6,987/7=

998.14

Quotient

The answer to a division problem.

Dividend

The number being divided

Divisor

The number by which the dividend is divided.

Remainder

The portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor.