Interpreting 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

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

Jackson is moving and needs to pack 38 books into small boxes. He can pack six books in each box. How many books do not fit into a box?

• 6 books

• 5 books

• 1 book

• 2 books

Jack is moving houses and needs to pack 38 books into small boxes. He packs 6 books in each box. How many books will not fit into a box?

• 228

• 6

• 2

Mrs. Dabney is moving and needs to pack 38 books into small boxes. She can pack six books in each box. How many books do not fit into a box?

• 6 books

• 5 books

• 1 book

• 2 books

Solve for the quotient:

27 ÷ 4

• 6 R 3

• 9 R 2

• 7 R 1

• 6 R 1

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

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

A bagel shop has 138 bagels to be packed into boxes of 12. The extra bagels are given to the workers. How many bagels do the workers get?

• 12 - round up

• 11 - ignore the remainder

• 6 - remainder is the answer

• 11 6/12 - turn it into a fraction

• Add 1 to the quotient 

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer