Handling Remainders

Solve the problem below and write the remainder as a fraction:

23 / 3

• 7 2/3

• 7 R2

• 8 2/3

• 7 2/23

871 ÷ 2 

• R1

• 435

• 485

• 430

765 ÷ 55  = _____

• 13 r 50

• 24 r 14

• 30 r 18

• 19 r 16

200÷7=

• 38 R 4

• 28 R 4

• 28 R 3

• 28 R 5

Mae has 167 sunflower plants. She wants to plant them in rows of 3. How many plants will be in the last row?

• 55 (drop it)

• 2 (focus on it)

• 56 (use it to round)

• 55 r 2

Ms. Hollstegge has 170 M&Ms. She wants to put 7 on each cupcake and she'll eat the rest. How many M&Ms will she get to eat?

• 24 r2

• 2

• 24

• 25

A group of 78 football players are traveling to East Central for the championship game. A van holds 7 passengers. How many vans do they need to transport all of the players?

• 11 r1 

• 11 (drop it)

• 12 (use it to round up)

• 1 (focus on it-remainder is the answer) 

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

The box of diapers had 136 diapers in it.  The hospital nursery had 9 babies. How many diapers do they have for each baby? 

• 15 - ignore the remainder

• 16 - round up

• 1 - the remainder is the answer

• 15 1/9 - 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