interpreting the remainder

Dave is packing 23 sweaters into boxes. Each box will hold 3 sweaters. How many boxes will he need in all?

 $23\div3=7\ R2$  


How should you interpret the remainder?

• Add 1 to the quotient 

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Jack is making muffins. He plans to use 5 raisins to decorate some of the muffins. If he has 21 raisins, how many muffins can he decorate?

 $21\div5=4\ R1$  

How should you interpret the remainder?

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Mila is packing 18 jars into boxes. Each box will hold 4 jars. How many boxes will she fill?

 $18\div4=4\ R2$ 

How should you interpret the remainder?

• Add 1 to the quotient

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Trey has 34 stickers to put in a sticker book. Each page in the book holds 5 stickers. How many pages will he need to hold his stickers?

 $34\div5=6\ R4$ 

How should you interpret the remainder?

• Add 1 to quotient

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

Jack is moving houses and needs to pack 38 books into small boxes. He packs 6 books in each box. How many books DO NOT fit into boxes?

• 6

• 6R2

• 2

• 7

47 ÷ 5 =

• 8 r 7
• 9 r 2
• 9 r 3
• 9

Jack is making muffins. He plans to use 5 raisins to decorate some of the muffins. If he has 21 raisins, how many muffins can he decorate?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

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