Hailey divided 92 ÷ 5. Her work is shown below.



92 divided by 5. 5 goes into 9 1 time. 9 minus 5 = 4. 5 goes into 42 8 times. 42 minus 40 = 2. The answer is 18 R 2. There are 5 groups of 1 ten plus 8 ones.
Which statements are true about Hailey’s work? Check all that apply.

Hailey found the correct quotient.
The “1” in the quotient represents the number of tens in each of the 5 groups.
Hailey placed the dividend and divisor in the wrong places in the problem.
The “R2” represents the number of ones in each of the 5 groups.
Since only 5 tens could be divided evenly among the groups, Hailey subtracted 5 from 9 to find out how many tens were left over.

1 answer

Let's analyze Hailey's division work step by step to determine which statements are true:

  1. Hailey found the correct quotient.

    • Hailey’s division of 92 ÷ 5 gives a quotient of 18 and a remainder of 2 (18 R 2). The correct quotient is indeed 18 (since 5 × 18 = 90) and a remainder of 2. So, this statement is true.
  2. The “1” in the quotient represents the number of tens in each of the 5 groups.

    • In the context of the quotient 18, the "1" refers to the 1 ten from the number 18 when looking at the division process. However, this is not how we typically explain the distribution of groups in that way; it actually represents the ten tens that were distributed as whole groups (5 per group). Therefore, in this context, this statement is false.
  3. Hailey placed the dividend and divisor in the wrong places in the problem.

    • Hailey correctly placed the dividend (92) and the divisor (5) in the right order for division. Therefore, this statement is false.
  4. The “R2” represents the number of ones in each of the 5 groups.

    • The remainder (R2) from the division represents what is left after distributing whole groups of 5, which corresponds to 2 ones remaining from the total of 92 after taking out 90 (the equivalent of 18 groups of 5). However, saying "in each of the 5 groups" is misleading; the remainder is what is left over, not the amount in each group. Hence, this statement is false.
  5. Since only 5 tens could be divided evenly among the groups, Hailey subtracted 5 from 9 to find out how many tens were left over.

    • This statement is incorrect; the correct understanding is that Hailey subtracted 5 from 9 to see how many of the tens could be utilized. However, since there aren’t really 5 tens to divide (there is just 1 ten in the 92), this calculation isn't applied correctly here. So, this statement is false.

Based on these evaluations, the only true statement regarding Hailey's work is:

  • Hailey found the correct quotient.