Handling 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

The 6 giraffes had a total of 8,948 square feet to roam at the zoo.  They split the space so that each giraffe would have an equal amount of room.  How much room does each giraffe have? 

• 1,491 - ignore the remainder
• 1,492 - round up
• 2 - answer is the remainder
• 1,491 2/6 - turn it into a fraction

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

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

The 124 5th graders are going on a field trip to the beach. Eighteen kids can fit into a van. How many vans must they take? 

• 6 - ignore the remainder
• 7 - round up
• 16 - the remainder is the answer
• 6 16/18 - turn it into a fraction

The PTSA had $3,705 to split between 35 teachers. How much will each teacher get? 

• 105 - ignore the remainder
• 105 30/35 - turn it into a fraction
• 30 - remainder is the answer
• 106 - round it up

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

A packaging warehouse received a shipment of 7,563 pencils.  They put 18 pencils into each package. How many COMPLETE packages will the warehouse be able to make with this shipment of pencils?

• 420 - ignore the remainder
• 421 - round up
• 3 - remainder is the answer
• 420 3/18 - turn it into a fraction

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

There are 247 people travelling to the basketball game by bus. Each bus holds 52 people. How many buses will be needed?

• 4 - ignore the remainder
• 5 - round up
• 39 - the remainder is the answer
• 4 39/52 - turn it into a fraction