Handling Remainders

A group of 347 people have signed up for a bus trip to a baseball game. Each bus holds a maximum of 42 passengers. How many buses will be needed to take all the people to the game?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Jaxon has 133 toy cars and wants to pack them up since they are moving to a new home. Each box he is using can hold 25 toy cars. How many toy cars will he have unpacked if he only uses 5 boxes?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

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

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 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

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 roll of ribbon is 1,780 inches long. It takes 1 yard of ribbon (36 inches) to wrap a gift. How many gifts can be wrapped?

• 49 - ignore the remainder

• 50 - round up

• 16 - remainder is the answer

• 49 16/36 - 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

A gardener needs to move 2,150 pounds of dirt. He can carry 98 pounds in his wheelbarrow. How many trips will he need to make with the wheelbarrow?

• 22 - round up

• 21 - ignore the remainder

• 92 - remainder is the answer

• 21 92/98 - turn it into a fraction