Interpret Remainders

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.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Mr. Bull bought a package of Skittles with 341 pieces of candy.  He split them evenly among his 5 groups and ate the rest.  How many did he save for next year?

• 68 - ignore the remainder
• 1 - remainder is the answer
• 69 - round it up
• 68 1/68 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

The box of diapers had 136 diapers in it.  The hospital nursery had 9 babies. How many diapers do they have for each baby? 

• 15 - ignore the remainder
• 16 - round up
• 1 - the remainder is the answer
• 15 1/9 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

Jack is reading a novel.  He has 376 pages left to read and wants to finish it in 7 days.  If he reads the same number of pages each day for 6 days, how many pages will Jack have left to read on the seventh day?

• 62 - ignore the remainder
• 63 - round up
• 4 - remainder is the answer
• 62 4/6 - turn it into a fraction

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Mrs. Rottler is making bracelets out of yarn in art class. She has 62 inches of yarn. Each bracelet takes 6 inches of yarn. How many bracelets can she make?

• 11

• 6

• 8

• 10

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

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 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

McKenzie has 365 stickers to decorate her notebooks. She has 12 notebooks. If she puts the same number of stickers on each notebook, how many stickers will she use?

Mathematical Equivalence

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