Interpret the Remainder

Siya has 41 flowers for centerpieces. She uses 5 flowers for each centerpiece. How many centerpieces can she make?

• 8

• 9

• 1

• 8 1/5

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

28 classmates plan a trip to a roller skating rink. Each van can hold 11 students. If all the vans are full except one, how many students are on the van that is not full?

• 2 students

• 3 students

• 6 students

• 2 6/28 students

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

39 students choose to go canoeing at a school camp. No more than 4 students are allowed in each canoe. What is the minimum number of canoes needed for all 39 students to participate?

• 9

• 11

• 10

• 9R3

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

At the doctor's office, bandages come in packages of 8.  If they use 67 bandages for all of the shots they give in one day, how many packages of bandages did they open? 

• 8 - ignore the remainder
• 9 - round up
• 3 - use the remainder
• 8 3/8 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

During summer vacation, Amanda ran a lemonade stand. She bought a total of 65 lemons.  Each batch of lemonade needs 6 lemons.  How many full batches can she make? 

• 10 - ignore the remainder
• 11 - round it up
• 5  - remainder is the answer
• 10 5/6 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Chelsey had 484 books. Only 8 books can fit in the boxes. How many boxes will Chelsey need?

• 6
• 60
• 61
• 63

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Sammy is helping set up for her sister’s graduation party. There are 7 tables and her Mom wants an equal number of plates on each table. If there are 61 plates, how many plates can be on each table?

• 9 plates
• 8 plates
• 5 plates 
• 7 plates 

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

There are 46 students wanting to join a summer camp. A camp counselor can only monitor 6 students. How many counselors will the supervisor need to hire for all the children? 

• 7 ⁴/₆ counselors 
• 7 counselors 
• 8 counselors 
• 4 counselors 

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Ms. Houser has 79 pens in her classroom. She wants to organize them, so she bought cup holders at the store. A pen cup can hold 9 pens. How many pens will be in the last cup? 

• 8 pens 
• 9 pens
• 7 pens 
• 8 ⁷/₉ pens

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Jim and his 4 friends have pooled together all their baseball cards. They want to divide all 77 cards equally amongst themselves and then donate the rest. How many cards will each person receive?

• 1 card 
• 2 cards 
• 15 cards
• 19 cards

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6