Interpreting Remainders

A farmer is packaging bags of grapes for a farmer's market. He has 100 pounds of grapes. He has eight bags and wants to put an equal amount in each bag and have no leftovers. How many pounds should the farmer put in each bag?

• 4 - remainder is the answer

• 12 - ignore the remainder

• 13 - round up

• 12 1/2 - turn into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A teacher wants to give 4 pencils to each of her 20 students. Pencils come in packages of 6. How many packages of pencils will the teacher need to buy?

• 14 (use it to round)
• 13 (drop it)
• 13 2/6 (change it to a fraction)
• 2 (focus on it)

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Mae has 167 sunflower plants. She wants to plant them in rows of 3. How many plants will be in the last row?

• 55 (drop it)
• 2 (focus on it)
• 56 (use it to round)
• 55 r 2

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

The Franklin family is packing shoes for their move. They have 93 pairs of shoes. Each box can fit 7 pairs of shoes. How many boxes does the family need to move all of the shoes?

• 13 2/7
• 2
• 13
• 14

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Mr. Adams is cutting wood to make holiday decorations. He wants to make six candy canes. He has 117 feet of wood and wants to make sure that the candy canes are equal in length. How long should each candy cane be?

• 19 1/2 feet
• 19 feet
• 3 feet
• 20 feet

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Jimmy made 50 cookies. 8 cookies fit on each tray. How many trays will Jimmy need to use to bake all of the cookies?

• 6
• 6.2
• 7
• 2

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ms. Hollstegge has 170 M&Ms. She wants to put 7 on each cupcake and she'll eat the rest. How many M&Ms will she get to eat?

• 24 r2
• 2
• 24
• 25

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Mr. Sims is putting 70 students onto 3 teams as equally as possible. Any extra students will be referees. How many students will be on each team?

• 23 r1
• 23
• 24
• 1

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

The SLSD 5th graders are attending a holiday performance at a theater. There are 476 students. A row can hold nine students. How many students will sit in the last row?

• 52.8
• 52 (drop it)
• 53 (use it to round)
• 8 (focus on it)

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A group of 78 football players are traveling to East Central for the championship game. A van holds 7 passengers. How many vans do they need to transport all of the players?

• 11 r1 
• 11 (drop it)
• 12 (use it to round up)
• 1 (focus on it-remainder is the answer) 

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2