{"id":4567,"date":"2013-06-29T06:48:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T06:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=4567"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T22:32:48","slug":"word-problems-and-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/word-problems-and-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Division Word Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Division Word Problems<\/h1>\n<p>When working on a word problem, there are a few words that can cue you in on the fact that you will be dividing. Some of these words and phrases include: quotient, per, out of, and ratio. For example, if the question says, &#8220;If the quotient of a number and 10 is 3\/5, what is the number?&#8221; you will have to divide an unknown number by 10 to get the quotient 3\/5. Note that the order of numbers is very important; this problem is not &#8217;10 divided by a number&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Word Problems and Division\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_GzEH1TzgISY\"><div id=\"lyte_GzEH1TzgISY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGzEH1TzgISY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Word Problems and Division<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GzEH1TzgISY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FGzEH1TzgISY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Word Problems and Division\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Division Word Problems When working on a word problem, there are a few words that can cue you in on the fact that you will be dividing. Some of these words and phrases include: quotient, per, out of, and ratio. For example, if the question says, &#8220;If the quotient of a number and 10 is &#8230; <a title=\"Division Word Problems\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/word-problems-and-division\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Division Word Problems\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-4567","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"page_type-video"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4567"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54283,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4567\/revisions\/54283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}