Division Patterns

Division with remainder

By Isabel Debono

R is for remainder

​Sometimes when dividing there is something left over. It is called the remainder.

​Example there are 7 bones to share with two puppies.

By Isabel Debono​

Multiple Choice

Callie had 16 grapes and wanted to share them with her 3 friends. How many would they have each? Are there any left over?

• 5 r 1

• 7 r 2

• 15 r 1

Open Ended

There were 6 children in Daniel’s maths group. He had 54 pencils and wanted to share them equally with his maths group. How many would they get each? Are there any spare?

Open Ended

The library has 27 chairs and 5 tables. If the same number of chairs are placed at each table, how many chairs can be placed at each table? How many chairs left over?

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