Table Problems with Long Division

Sometimes, our table problems are not as easy to solve, and we have to use long division. Let's look at this table problem as an example.

The table shows us the cost for 8 blouses and 8 T-shirts. It doesn't show us the cost of 1 blouse and 1 T-shirt. Since the cost for 8 blouses is given to us, how do we get the cost of 1 blouse? We divide the cost of 8 blouses by 8. This isn't a division fact, so we have to work using long division.

We underline the hundreds and tens digits of 352. We divide 35 by 8 (35 ÷ 8).

This gives us a remainder, which is 3. Now we divide 32 by 8 (32 ÷ 8) to get our final quotient, or answer.

The cost of 1 blouse is $44. Next, we solve for the cost of 1 T-shirt.

Let's divide the cost of 8 T-shirts by 8. First we underline the hundreds and tens digits. Let's divide 13 by 8 (13 ÷ 8).

This gives us a remainder, which is 5. Now we divide 56 by 8 (56 ÷ 8) to complete the problem.

The cost of 1 T-shirt is $17. Fill in your chart with the information you found.