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Example 11: 42,800 ÷ 400 = ?
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Solution: Dividend = 42,800, Divisor = 400 How will you place 10 balls along
107 the edges of the given tray so that
4 428 each edge has the same number
– 4 of balls?
02
– 0
28
– 28
0
Thus, the quotient is 107 and the remainder is 0.
Example 12: Divide 83,400 by 5,000.
Solution: Dividend = 83,400, Divisor = 5,000
16
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– 50 40 when written as Forty is
334 the only number with letters
– 300 in alphabetical order.
34
Thus, the quotient is 16 and the remainder is 3,400.
EXERCISE 6.4
1. Divide mentally and fill in the empty boxes.
(a) 62 ÷ 10 Quotient = Remainder =
(b) 238 ÷ 10 Quotient = Remainder =
(c) 167 ÷ 100 Quotient = Remainder =
(d) 2,096 ÷ 100 Quotient = Remainder =
(e) 4,379 ÷ 1,000 Quotient = Remainder =
(f) 9,081 ÷ 1,000 Quotient = Remainder =
2. Divide using the cancellation method.
(a) 360 ÷ 30 (b) 7,080 ÷ 50 (c) 9,200 ÷ 700
(d) 5,300 ÷ 400 (e) 4,500 ÷ 900 (f) 6,39,000 ÷ 8,000
(g) 87,000 ÷ 2,000 (h) 50,600 ÷ 500 (i) 99,000 ÷ 6,000
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