Division and Remainders

Division and Remainders

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What number goes in that first box .

(below the 5 )

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What number goes in that second box .

(next to the 5 )

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What number goes in the third box?

(Under 01)

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What number goes in the fourth and fifth box

What are the different ways to answer a division problem that has a remainder?

• ignore the remainder

• the remainder is the answer

• quotient plus one

Mrs. White is buying cupcakes for her class. The cupcakes come in boxes of 4. There are 22 students in her class. How many boxes of cupcakes does Mrs. White need to buy if she wants to give each student a cupcake?

Multiple Choice

Mrs. White is buying cupcakes for her class. The cupcakes come in boxes of 4. There are 22 students in her class. How many boxes of cupcakes does Mrs. White need to buy if she wants to give each student a cupcake?

What does the 5 represent?

• The number of boxes of cupcakes she needs to order.

• The number of full boxes of cupcakes

• The number of students

• The number of cupcakes in each box

Multiple Choice

Mrs. White is buying cupcakes for her class. The cupcakes come in boxes of 4. There are 22 students in her class. How many boxes of cupcakes does Mrs. White need to buy if she wants to give each student a cupcake?

What does the 2 represent?

• 2 extra cupcakes after she passed out the rest

• The number of cupcakes each student will get

• The number of students who would not get a cupcake if only 5 boxes of cupcakes are ordered.

• 2 cupcakes in each box

Multiple Choice

Mrs. White is buying cupcakes for her class. The cupcakes come in boxes of 4. There are 22 students in her class. How many boxes of cupcakes does Mrs. White need to buy if she wants to give each student a cupcake?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 2

Mrs. White needs to ADD 1 to the quotient of 5 so everyone can get a cupcake. Instead of 5 boxes of cupcakes, she needs to order 6 boxes.  (6x4=24, so everyone gets a cupcake)

At an amusement park, 162 people are waiting in line for a water ride. Each boat holds 5 people. How many boats will be completely filled?

Multiple Choice

At an amusement park, 162 people are waiting in line for a water ride. Each boat holds 5 people. How many boats will be completely filled?

• ignore the remainer the quotient 32 is the answer

• the remainder 2 is the answer

• quotient plus one 33 is the answer

• the dividend 162 is the answer

Do you know which one to use?

ignore the remainder the quotient is the answer

remainder is the answer

or quotient plus one is the answer

Multiple Choice

Mrs. George is decorating her neighborhood with decorative sleighs filled with fake presents. She has 166 fake presents and 8 sleighs to fill. She wants to fill the sleighs equally and then use the leftover presents to decorate her yard. How many presents will be in her yard?

• ignore the remainder 20 is the answer

• the remainder 6 is the answer

• quotient plus one so 21 is the answer

• the divisor 8 is the answer because that is the number of sleighs

Multiple Choice

Kassie and her family are decorating the neighbor houses for the holidays. They are hanging lights outside. A package has 3 strings of lights. They need 533 strings. How many packages do they need?

• 533

• 177

• 178

• 2

Multiple Choice

Carter Junior High is putting on a play for their families. They have 198 people attending and 8 people can fit in a row in the auditorium. They want to fill each row equally. How many people will sit in the last row?

• 5

• 6

• 24

• 25

Multiple Choice

A group of students collected 263 toy soldiers as presents for the soldiers oversees. One box can hold 8 toy soldiers. How many boxes do they need to ship all the gifts?

• 4

• 5

• 32

• 33

Multiple Choice

Ben is filling treat bags for his 7 friends. He has 163 pieces of candy to share amongst his friends. How many pieces of candy will each friend get in a gift bag?

• 1

• 2

• 23

• 24