Interpreting Remainders

How did you use the remainder?

• a. Drop the remainder.

• b. Use the remainder to round the quotient to the next greater whole number

• c. Use the remainder as part of the answer.

The detective found 85 stolen jewels in 7 pouches. Each pouch held the same number of jewels except one. How many jewels were in that pouch?

• 1

• 12

• 13

• 0

If you divide 2222 by 7, what is the remainder?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

If you divide 7777 by 9, what is the remainder?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

There are 20 rows of pumpkins on a farm. There are 6 pumpkins in each row. A farmer will use 3 trucks to take all of the pumpkins to a market. The farmer will put the same number of pumpkins in each truck.

How many pumpkins will be in each truck?

• 120

• 40

• 360

• 26

Karl has 100 lemon trees and wants to plant them in rows of 7. If Karl wants to know how many full rows he will have, how would you interpret the remainder?

• The remainder is the answer

• You need to add one to the quotient

• You need to ignore the remainder

Mrs. Matthews asked her class of twenty-nine students to get into groups of six. How many students will not be in a group?

• 4 students

• 3 students

• 174 students

• 5 students

Flynn is a dog walker and walks six dogs. He bought a package of 52 dog treats. If he gives each of the dogs he walks the same number of treats, how many treats will Flynn have left?

• 9

• 8

• 4

• 2

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