Division With Remainders As Fraction

682/9: Write your answer as a mixed number

• 75 7/9

• 76 6/9

• 75 9/7

• 76 1/7

5,389/3: Write your answer as a mixed number

• 1,796 2/3

• 1,896 3/1

• 1,872 1/3

• 1,796 1/3

Answer explanation

 $43\ \frac{10}{11}$  

Divide. Express any remainder as a fraction.

10 ÷ 3

• 10/3

• 2 1/3

• 3 4/3

• 3 1/3

You are dividing people into equal groups to fill vans to take them to a ball game. If there are some people left over after you fill as many vans as you can, what will you do with the remainder?

• ignore it: the people left over just won't get to go

• round up: you will need another whole van, even though it won't be full

• the answer is the remainder

• turn the remainder into a fraction: you will cut the last van into smaller pieces

You are making equal teams from a group of people. If you want to know how many people won't be on a team, what will you do with the remainder?

• ignore it:

• round up

• the remainder is the answer

• turn the people left over into fractions and put part of a person on each of the teams.

If you are giving out (dividing) money, what will you always do with a remainder?

• ignore it

• round up to the next whole number

• the remainder will be the answer

• turn it into a decimal fraction

If you are sharing food that can easily be cut into smaller pieces or amounts, what will you always do with a remainder?

• ignore it

• round up to the next whole number

• the remainder will be the answer

• turn it into a fraction

Divide (Write remainder as a fraction)

• 56.8

• 15