Box Method for Long Division
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Mathematics
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5th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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An alternative to the traditional long division
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Mr. Lewis filled a five-gallon water cooler to take on his projects today.
He drank:
• 0.8 gallons of water while working at Mrs. Dean's house in the morning.
• 1.325 gallons at Mr. Murphy's house in the afternoon.
How many gallons of water remain in the cooler?
2.875 g
2.125 g
0.525 g
7.125 g
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dividend
divisible
divisor
quotient
remainder
multiple
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Put each digit in the dividend in its own box
Create a list of multiples for your divisor
Starting in the left box, divide your digit by the divisor
Subtract and find the remainder
Carry the remainder to the next box
Repeat steps 3-5 until all boxes have been used. Anything left over will be your remainder.
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Open Ended
Lisa’s camera has 992 megabytes of memory for storing pictures. A high-quality picture uses 16 megabytes of memory. How many high quality pictures can Lisa store on her camera?
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Open Ended
Harrison creates balloon animals for different events. He has 6,440 balloons. He wants to use the same number of balloons for each of 28 events. How many balloons can Harrison create at each event?
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