Interpret Remainders Practice

36 members of the art club are taking a trip to an art gallery. Each van can hold 5 members. How many vans will the art club need for every member to attend?

• Add one to the quotient

• Drop the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Answer explanation

Add one to the quotient so all members are able to go and no one is left behind.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

36 members of the art club are taking a trip to an art gallery. Each van can hold 5 members. How many vans will the art club need for every member to attend?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A total of 26 students signed up to play putt-putt. Teams of 3 students will play on a team. How many students will not be on a team of three?

• Add one to the quotient

• Drop the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Answer explanation

The remainder is the answer. The question is asking how many will NOT, meaning who is left over therefore the remainder.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A total of 26 students signed up to play putt-putt. Teams of 3 students will play on a team. How many students will not be on a team of three?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Joey created 22 origami animals to display equally on his shelves. Each shelf can hold 8 animals. How many shelves does Joey need to display all his animals?

• Add one to the quotient

• Drop the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Answer explanation

The key word in the question is all. He doesn't want to leave any out. Therefore, he would need to add one more shelf. You answer would be to add one to the quotient.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Joey created 22 origami animals to display equally on his shelves. Each shelf can hold 8 animals. How many shelves does Joey need to display all his animals?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Xavier has 29 baseball cards he'd like to share with his 3 best friends. Each friend gets an equal number of cards. How many baseball cards will be left over?

• Add one to the quotient

• Drop the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Answer explanation

The definition of remainder is the number left over after complete division of numbers in the house. This question is asking for the left over cards. The answer would be the remainder.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Xavier has 29 baseball cards he'd like to share with his 3 best friends. Each friend gets an equal number of cards. How many baseball cards will be left over?

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Adam has a goal to hike 70 miles. If he hikes 8 miles per day, how long will it take him to hike all 70 miles?

• Add one to the quotient

• Drop the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Answer explanation

The question is asking how many days in all. This means you would have to add one more to the quotient for the total amount of miles to be hiked.

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CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Adam has a goal to hike 70 miles. If he hikes 8 miles per day, how long will it take him to hike all 70 miles?

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CCSS.3.OA.A.3