Interpreting Remainders

50 fourth graders are going on a field trip. The school will rent minivans for the trip. Each minivan holds 8 students. How many vans will the school need?

• The school will need 7 vans to hold all of the students.

• The school will need 6 vans to hold the students. Ignore the remainder.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Andrés has 50 baseball cards. He wants to give them away to his 8 friends equally.

How many cards will each of his friends get?

• 6 and ignore the remainder.

• 7

• 8 and keep the remainder.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

A baker has 50 eggs. She needs 8 eggs for each cake she bakes. How many cakes can she bake using the eggs she has?

• 7 cakes and ignore the remainder

• 5 cakes and keep the remainder

• 6 cakes and ignore the remainder

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A light bulb factory has 50 light bulbs. They pack the light bulbs so that there are 8 in each box. How many light bulbs will be left over?

• 6 and ignore the remainder

• 5 and ignore the remainder

• 2 because the remainder is the answer

• 8 because the remainder is the answer

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6