Interpreting Remainders

Interpreting Remainders

By Baily Zanish

-has to be the same amount

-cannot split up left overs

-exactly

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Use only the whole number

Drop the remainder ​

Multiple Choice

A roll of ribbon is 1,780 inches long. It takes exactly 36 inches to wrap a gift. How many gifts can be wrapped?

49r16

• 49 wrapped gifts and 16 kind of wrapped gifts

• 49 wrapped gifts

• 16 wrapped gifts

• 50 wrapped gifts

• 49 wrapped presents and 16/36 of a wrapped present

-everyone needs to go

-everything needs a space ​

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add another unit ​

Multiple Choice

There are 247 people traveling to the basketball tournament by bus. Each bus holds 52 people. How many buses will be needed?

4 r 39

• 4 buses and 39 players left behind

• 4 buses

• 39 buses

• 5 buses

• 4 busesand 39/52 of a bus

​share equally

the item can be cut into any size

​ -food

​ -paper of a sign

doesn't call for an exact measurement ​

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Use the remainder as a fraction ​

remainder is the numerator

denominator is the divisor ​

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Writing the remainder as a fraction

Multiple Choice

What would this be as a fraction

• 25 3/5

• 25 5/3

• 25/3

• 25/5

Multiple Choice

The 28 students in Mrs. Colby's class will share 98 slices of pizza. How many slices will each student get?

3 r14

• 3 slices and 14 lucky people get an extra slice

• 3 slices

• 4 slices

• 14 slices

• 3 slices and 14/28 of a slice

​keep the left overs

The extras ​

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The remainder is the answer ​

Multiple Choice

A Bagel shop has 138 bagels to be packed into boxes of 12 to be sold. The extra bagels are for the workers. How many bagels will the workers get?

11 r6

• 11 bagels

• 12 bagels

• 6 bagels

• 11 bagels and 6/11 of a bagel