Lesson: Remainders

In this lesson, we will learn how to interpret remainders of a division operation between two numbers and use that to solve word problems.

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Worksheet: 24 Questions • 2 Videos

Q1:

Madison is making cubes by gluing together 6 squares. She has 46 squares and wants to know how many cubes she can make. She knows that when you divide 46 by 6 you get 7 and a remainder of 4.

How many cubes can she make?

Did you round the remainder up or down to find the answer?

Why?

Q2:

It takes Fares 40 minutes to paint a clay model. How many models can he finish painting in 3 hours?

Q3:

A teacher has 22 pencils that they want to share equally between four children. What is the maximum number of pens each child will receive (some pens might be left over).

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