Investigating Remainders

46÷6=

• 7 R 4

• 7 R 3

• 7 R 5

200÷7=

• 38 R 4

• 28 R 4

• 28 R 3

• 28 R 5

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

Daniel has 120 baseball cards. How many cards will he have left over if he gives his seven friends the same amount of cards?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainders

• The remainder is the answer

Valerie had a jug that contained 128 fl oz of salsa to put into bowls at a restaurant. She filled each bowl with 6 fl oz of salsa until there was not enough salsa left in the jug to completely fill another bowl. How many fluid ounces of salsa were left in the jug?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

A sewing class has 205 yards of fabric to make quilts. Each quilt requires 7 yards of fabric. How much will remain after all the quilts are made?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

An apple farmer picked 562 apples on Monday. He shipped an equal number of apples to 7 different stores and saved the rest for his family. How many apples did he save?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Mary will place cans of food in boxes to ship to a restaurant. She has 73 cans of food and needs to place 6 cans in each box. What is the greatest number of complete boxes of cans of food she can make with 73 cans?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

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