Interpreting Remainders

Interpreting Remainders

In 1 Digit Divisor Divison Problems

I can interpret remainders in division word problems

• Helps us better understand word problems

• Helps us get more exact answers

• Helps us use division in real life situations

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Copy this down in your notebook!

Time to solve some word problems!

• Solve the divison problem on the right

• This will be the same problem for each word problem

• However, we will have to read the problem carefully to determine what to do with the remainder!

Open Ended

Type in the quotient, including the remainder.

Check your work!

Did you get the same quotient and remainder?

Ms. Quinn-Shea has 262 oreos. She is equally dividing them into 4 bags. How many oreos will go in each bag?

Multiple Choice

How should we interpret this remainder?

• Round it up

• Ignore it

• Record the remainder as a decimal or fraction

• Focus on the remainder

Ms. Quinn-Shea has 262 oreos. She is equally dividing them into 4 bags. How many oreos will go in each bag?

65 oreos will go in each bag.

IGNORE IT! In this problem, we ignore the remainder because Ms. Quinn-Shea is dividing equally. The oreos that do not fit into the bags are ignored and we answer with the number of oreos that can evenly go into the bags.

Two-hundred sixty-two kids are going to the movies. Four kids will fit in one car. How many cars are needed for all the kids to go to the movies?

Multiple Choice

How should we interpret this remainder?

• Round it up

• Ignore it

• Record the remainder as a decimal or fraction

• Focus on the remainder

Two-hundred sixty-two kids are going to the movies. Four kids will fit in one car. How many cars are needed for all the kids to go to the movies?

66 cars are needed for all the kids to go to the movies.

ROUND IT UP! In this problem, we have to round up our answer to the next whole (66 cars). We can't leave kids behind and we can't fit extra kids into a car. For the remaining 2 kids, we need to get another car.

Ms. Hanger has $262 and she wants to split the money equally between herself and three friends. How much money will each person get?

Multiple Choice

How should we interpret this remainder?

• Round it up

• Ignore it

• Record the remainder as a decimal or fraction

• Focus on the remainder

Ms. Hanger has $262 and she wants to split the money equally between herself and three friends. How much money will each person get?

Each person will get $65.50.

RECORD IT AS A DECIMAL! In this problem, we are splitting up money. Money can be exchanged for smaller units (dollars to cents) to be able to divide evenly. Since we have $2 left over, we can divide that between 4 people so each person gets $0.50.

Mrs. Boccaccio has 262 baby toys and 4 baskets. She wants to divide the toys evenly into the baskets and donate the remaining toys. How many toys will be donated?

Multiple Choice

How should we interpret this remainder?

• Round it up

• Ignore it

• Record the remainder as a decimal or fraction

• Focus on the remainder

Mrs. Boccaccio has 262 baby toys and 4 baskets. She wants to divide the toys evenly into the baskets and donate the remaining toys. How many toys will be donated?

Mrs. Boccaccio will donate 2 toys.

This problem is asking us how many toys will be donated, which is the amount that cannot fit evenly into the baskets. The remainder is our answer to the problem!

Poll

How do you feel about being able to interpret remainders in word problems?