Interpret remainders

Interpreting remainders

In 1-digit divisor division 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

Interpreting Remainders

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore it

• Remainder is the answer

Time to solve some word problems!

• Solve the division problem on the right.

• This will be the same problem for each word problem

• We will have the 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?

• Did you get the same remainder?

Mrs. Miles has 262 Oreos. She is equally dividing them into 4 bags. How many Oreos will go in each bag?

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Multiple Choice

How should we interpret this remainder?

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore it

• Remainder is the answer

Mrs. Miles 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 Mrs. Miles is dividing equally. The Oreos that do not fit in the bag are ignored and we only tell how many will fit EVENLY into the bags.

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

Multiple Choice

How should we interpret the reaminder?

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore it

• Remainder is the answer

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

66 cars are needed to go to the movies.

Add 1 to the quotient. We must add 1 because ALL kids must get to the movies. We can't leave anyone behind. We would have to get another car for the remaining kids.

Mrs. Hunter 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 the remainder?

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore it

• Remainder is the answer

Mrs. Hunter 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. Hunter will donate 2 toys.

The remainder is the answer. We want to know how many toys will NOT fit in the basket. We want the LEFTOVER.

Multiple Choice

How do you feel about being able to interpret remainders?