Equal Groups With Remainders

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many rocks are in each pile and how many are left over:

34 rocks into 4 piles

• 9 in each group; 4 left over

• 8 in each group; 1 left over

• 8 in each group; 2 left over

• 9 in each group; 2 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many pencils are on each table and how many are left over: 65 pencils onto 8 tables

• 8 pencils; 1 left over

• 7 pencils; 8 left over

• 9 pencils; 3 left over

• 7 pencils; 4 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many candy canes are in each bag and how many are left over:

27 candy canes into 6 bags

• 3 candy canes; 4 left over

• 4 candy canes; 3 left over

• 5 candy canes; 2 left over

• 4 candy canes; 1 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many plants are in each row and how many are left over:

75 plants into 9 rows

• 7 plants; 5 left over

• 9 plants; 4 left over

• 7 plants; 8 left over

• 8 plants; 3 left over

Each pack of pencils contains 8 pencils. Sara bough 3 packs and divided them equally among 6 people. How many pencils did each person get? 

• 24

• 4

• 17

• 5

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many erasers are in each bag and how many are left over:

37 erasers into 9 bags

• 4 erasers; 1 left over

• 5 erasers; 2 left over

• 3 erasers; 8 left over

• 6 erasers; 1 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many pennies are in each row and how many are left over:

19 pennies into 5 rows

• 4 pennies; 3 left over

• 3 pennies; 4 left over

• 5 pennies; 4 left over

• 2 pennies; 5 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many coins are in each bag and how many are left over:

45 coins into 7 bags

• 7 coins; 4 left over

• 4 coins; 5 left over

• 5 coins; 6 left over

• 6 coins: 3 left over

If you place the items into equal groups, tell how many chairs are in each row and how many are left over:

14 chairs into 5 rows

• 3 chairs; 1 left over

• 2 chairs; 3 left over

• 3 chairs; 2 left over

• 2 chairs; 4 left over

What are remainders?

• Equally shared amounts

• The number of leftovers that cannot be shared equally

• The number of groups you divide between