Division expressed in English

It turns out there are dozens of ways of stating division in English. Students sometimes find
it challenging to translate the words into actual maths and this module is designed to provide
practice in this respect.


Note that there are several randomised expressions meaning 'equals' as well. Some examples are:

8 divided by 4 would result in ?
12 over 2 would give a result of ?
4 into 20 goes what ?
4 shared between 80 would make ?
5 shared by 20 would equal ?
A quotient of 18 and 9 comes to ?
A dividend of 100 and a divisor of 20 would give what ?
A numerator of 14 and a denominator of 7 would result in ?
20 undergoes a division by 4 to give ?
How many 5’s go into 45 ?
How many 4’s fit into 60 ?
How many 7’s are contained in 77 ?
A machine uses 100g of filling for every 4 packets made. What does each packet weigh ?
30 is halved to give ?
Half of 40 makes ?
A third of 60 equals ?
50 % of 120 comes to ?
Twenty percent of 200 is ?
18 split into 3 makes ?
8 split into two would result in ?
8 broken in half would make ?
twelve split into six makes ?

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Difficulty Levels

As with the other modules, the numbers generally get bigger with a higher level of difficulty.
Unlike the addition and subtraction modules, the same English is used for all levels of difficulty.

Difficulty Levels - typical questions:

1. 120 broken in half yields ?
   
2. 756 divided by 3 gives ?
   
3. A numerator of 4320 and a denominator of 9 produces a result of ?