Remainder Round Up Down

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

Sue has 55 inches of ribbon. She wants to cut the ribbon into 6 inch pieces. How many pieces of ribbon will she be able to cut?

• She can cut 9 pieces and there will be a little bit of ribbon left over.

• She can cut 10 pieces.

• She can cut 8 pieces and there will be a little bit left over.

• She can cut 9 pieces and there will not be any ribbon left over.

15 children share 23 cookies at Mahra's birthday party. Mahra's mum works out everybody's share using formal written long division. Which would be the best way to show the remainder so that all the cookies can be shared?

• as a fraction

• as a whole number remainder

• as a decimal

• round the remainder up or down

Each taxi can hold 4 passengers. If 17 people need taxis, what is the best way to show the remainder so that everybody will get a taxi?

• as a fraction

• as a decimal

• as a whole number remainder

• round the remainder up or down

• Box 1

• Box 2

• Box 3

• Box 4

In the following problem, how would you treat a remainder?

Jenny is building bird houses. Each bird house requires 6 feet of wood planks. If she has 20 feet of wood, how many bird houses can Jenny build?

• Write the remainder as a decimal or fraction.

• The answer would be the remainder.

• Round the answer up to the next whole number. This is like the school bus problem, where a remainder means you'll need one more bus.

• Round the answer down or drop the remainder entirely. This is the kind of problem where a remainder means you don't have enough for one more.

In the following problem, how would you treat a remainder?

Seth had 21 baseball cards he's putting into a binder with 4 on each page. How many cards will he have on the page that isn't full?

• Write the remainder as a decimal or fraction.

• Round the answer up

• Use the answer without the reminder

• The answer is the remainder

In the following problem, how would you treat a remainder? At a fancy luncheon, a table will seat 6 people. There are 76 people attending the luncheon. How many tables will be needed?

• Write the remainder as a decimal or fraction.

• The answer would be the remainder.

• Round the answer up to the next whole number. This is like the school bus problem, where a remainder means you'll need one more bus.

• Round the answer down or drop the remainder entirely. This is the kind of problem where a remainder means you don't have enough for one more.

In the following problem, how would you treat a remainder? Billy, Bobby, Brady, and Barney did yardwork for Mr. Harmon, who is elderly and cannot do it himself. Mr. Harmon paid the boys $50. How much of the money will each boy get if they split the money fairly?

• Write the remainder as a decimal or fraction.

• The answer would be the remainder.

• Round the answer up to the next whole number. This is like the school bus problem, where a remainder means you'll need one more bus.

• Round the answer down or drop the remainder entirely. This is the kind of problem where a remainder means you don't have enough for one more.

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