Remainders: Understanding the Basics

A farmer has 25 apples and wants to put them into baskets that can each hold 4 apples. How many apples will be left over?

• Drop it

• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A teacher has 29 students and wants to divide them into groups of 5. How many full groups are there?

• Drop it

• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A baker has 53 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 6 cookies each. How many cookies will be in the last box?

• Drop it

• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A library has 47 books and wants to place them on shelves that can hold 8 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled?

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• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A gardener has 35 plants and wants to plant them in rows of 6. How many rows will be needed if each row must be full?

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• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A group of 22 students is sharing 7 pizzas equally. How much pizza does each student get?

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• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A box contains 31 chocolate bars and you want to distribute them equally among 4 children. How many candies will each child get?

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• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A school has 58 students and wants to divide them into teams of 9. How many teams will there be if each team must be full?

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• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A chef has 45 strawberries and wants to put them into bowls that can each hold 7 strawberries. How many strawberries will be left over?

• Drop it

• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer

A class of 33 students is sharing 5 large pizzas equally. How much pizza does each student get?

• Drop it

• Add 1

• Share it as a fraction

• The remainder is the answer