Teaching Division with Remainders

29 ÷ 9 =

• 3

• 2 R 11

• 3 R 2

• 4

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

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

• 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

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 bakery is packaging cookies into bags of 8 cookies. The baker has 154 cookies. How many complete bags of cookies can be made?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

There are 139 fourth-grade students going on a field trip. The school is using vans that can hold 9 students. How many vans are needed for the field trip?

• Add 1 to the quotient for the answer

• Ignore the remainder

• The remainder is the answer

• 66

• 68

• 67

• 70

Four friends share 22 lollipops equally.

How many lollipops does each friend get?

How many are left over?

• 5 lollipops, R 4

• 5 lollipops, R 2

• 4 lollipops, R 6

• 4 lollipops, R 2

Two friends share 17 seashells equally.

How many seashells does each friend get?

How many seashells are left over?

• 7 seashells; 2 left over

• 9 seashells; 1 left over

• 8 seashells; 1 left over

• 6 seashells; 5 left over