Understanding Remainders

Understanding Remainders

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Remainders in division have different meanings, depending upon the type of problem you solve

When the remainder is not part of the question.

The 1-Foot board cannot by used to make another 4-foot shelf. He can make 2 shelves and the remainder is ignored.

A remainder causes the answer to be rounded up.

The remainder causes your answer to round up. Two cars are not enough to transport 9 students. They will need 3 cars.

The remainder is a fractional part of the answer.

Open Ended

One Monday Kim brought 9 apples to school. She shared them equally among herself and 3 friends. How many apples did each person get?

Kim and her friends can each have 2 whole apples. They can divide the ninth apple into 4 equal parts so that each person can have 2 and 1/4 apple.

The remainder is a decimal part of the answer.

Open Ended

Raul bought 4 toy cars for $9.00. Each car cost the same amount. How much did each car cost?

Dollars, like apples, can be divided. We know that there are 4 quarters in $1, and we write 1/4 dollar as $0.25, so each car cost $2.25.

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The remainder is the only part needed to answer the question.

All of the teams have to be the same size. Any extra people cannot participate in the race. In this case, there can only be two teams of 4 each. The remainder represents the extra person who cannot participate.

26 with a remainder of 4. Since she kept the rest of the stickers, you add 26+4 to get the amount.

Kendra bought a bag of 200 cheese crackers for her class. If each student gets 7 crackers, how many students are there? How many crackers are left over?

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