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Divide Tens, Hundreds, and Thousands Number and Operations in Base
Essential Question How can you divide numbers through thousands Ten—4.NBT.B.6 Also 4.NBT.A.1
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Dustin is packing apples in gift boxes. Each gift box
holds 4 apples. How many boxes can Dustin pack with
120 apples?

You can divide using basic facts and place value.

Example 1 Divide. 120 ÷ 4

STEP 1 Identify the basic fact. 12 ÷ 4

STEP 2 Use place value. 120 = _ tens

STEP 3 Divide. 12 tens ÷ 4 = _ tens ← Think: 4 × 3 tens = 12 tens

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120 ÷ 4 = 30

So, Dustin can pack _ boxes.

Example 2 Divide. 1,200 ÷ 4

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STEP 1 Identify the basic fact. 12 ÷ 4

STEP 2 Use place value. 1,200 = _ hundreds

STEP 3 Divide. 12 hundreds ÷ 4 = _ hundreds ← Think: 4 × 3 hundreds =

12 hundreds
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1,200 ÷ 4 = 300 Talk
Look for a Pattern What
pattern do you notice in
the place value of the
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PRACTICE 6
Explain how to use a basic fact and place value dividends and quotients?

to divide 4,000 ÷ 5.

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1. Divide. 2,800 ÷ 7 Talk
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28 hundreds ÷ 7 = __

2,800 ÷ 7 = __

2. Divide. 280 ÷ 7

What basic fact can you use? __

280 = 28 __

28 tens ÷ __ = 4 __

280 ÷ 7 = __

Use basic facts and place value to find the quotient.

3. 360 ÷ 6 = _ 4. 2,000 ÷ 5 = _ 5. 4,500 ÷ 9 = _

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6. 560 ÷ 8 = _ 7. 6,400 ÷ 8 = _ 8. 3,500 ÷ 7 = _

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9. 420 ÷ ■ = 60 _ 10. ■ ÷ 4 = 30 _ 11. 810 ÷ ■ = 90 _

SMARTER
12. Divide 400 ÷ 40. Explain how patterns and place
value can help.
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13. DEEPER
Eileen collected 98 empty cans 14. DEEPER It costs a baker $18 to make a
to recycle, and Carl collected 82 cans. They small cake. He sells 8 small cakes for $240.
packed an equal number of cans into each How much more is the selling price of each
of three boxes to take to the recycling center. cake than the cost?
How many cans were in each box?

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15. Jamal put 600 pennies into 6 equal rolls. How many
pennies were in each roll?

16. Sela has 6 times as many coins now as she had

4 months ago. If Sela has 240 coins now, how many
coins did she have 4 months ago?

SMARTER
17. Chip collected 2,090 dimes. Sue collected
1,910 dimes. They divided all their dimes into
8 equal stacks. How many dimes are in each stack?

MATHEMATICAL
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Communicate Mr. Roberts sees a rare
1937 penny. The cost of the penny is $210. If he saves
$3 each week, will Mr. Roberts have enough money to WRITE Math t Show Your Work
buy the penny in one year? Explain.
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19. DEEPER Mrs. Fletcher bought 5 coins for $32 each.

Later, she sold all the coins for $300. How much more
did Mrs. Fletcher receive for each coin than she paid?
Explain.

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SMARTER
20. Which quotients are equal to 20? Mark all
that apply.
A 600 ÷ 2 D 140 ÷ 7

B 1,200 ÷ 6 E 500 ÷ 5

C 180 ÷ 9

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22. About how many times do a scorpion fly’s wings beat in

6 minutes?

SMARTER
23. In one minute, about how many more times do
a damselfly’s wings beat than a large white butterfly’s wings?

24. What’s the Question? The answer is about 2,300 times.

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Lesson 4.4
Divide Tens, Hundreds,
and Thousands COMMON CORE STANDARD—4.NBT.B.6
Use place value understanding and properties
of operations to perform multi-digit
arithmetic.
Use basic facts and place value to find the quotient.
1. 3,600 ÷ 4 = _900
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Think: 3,600 is 36 hundreds.
Use the basic fact 36 ÷ 4 = 9.
So, 36 hundreds ÷ 4 = 9 hundreds, or 900.

2. 240 ÷ 6 = __ 3. 5,400 ÷ 9 = __ 4. 300 ÷ 5 = __

5. 4,800 ÷ 6 = __ 6. 420 ÷ 7 = __ 7. 150 ÷ 3 = __

8. 6,300 ÷ 7 = __ 9. 1,200 ÷ 4 = __ 10. 360 ÷ 6 = __

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11. At an assembly, 180 students sit in 12. Hilary can read 560 words in 7 minutes.
9 equal rows. How many students sit How many words can Hilary read in
in each row? 1 minute?

13. A company produces 7,200 gallons of 14. An airplane flew 2,400 miles in 4 hours.
bottled water each day. The company puts If the plane flew the same number of miles
8 one-gallon bottles in each carton. How each hour, how many miles did it fly in
many cartons are needed to hold all the 1 hour?
one-gallon bottles produced in one day?
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15. WRITE Math Explain how your knowledge of place value helps
you divide a number in the thousands by whole numbers through 10.
Give an example to support your explanation.

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Lesson Check (4.NBT.B.6)
1. A baseball player hits a ball 360 feet to the 2. Sebastian rides his bike 2,000 meters
outfield. It takes the ball 4 seconds to travel in 5 minutes. How many meters does
this distance. How many feet does the ball he bike in 1 minute?
travel in 1 second?

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3. A full container of juice holds 64 fluid 4. Paolo pays $244 for 5 identical calculators.
ounces. How many 7-fluid ounce servings About how much does Paolo pay for one
of juice are in a full container? calculator?

5. A football team paid $28 per jersey. They 6. Suzanne bought 50 apples at the apple
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the team spend on jerseys? apples as green apples. How many more red
apples than green apples did Suzanne buy?

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