Divide
Word Problems
Division with remainders
Interpreting the Remainder
100

63÷9

What is 7?

100

Ursula bought 2 dozen donuts for the 4th grade students. The donuts were divided equally into 4 boxes. How many donuts were in each box?

What is 6 donuts ? 

100

209 ➗4

What is 52 with a remainder of 1

100

64 divided by 2

what is 32?

200

80÷4

What is 20?

200

Michael has 60 beads. He wants to make a 8 identical bracelets and use as many beads as possible on each bracelet. How many beads will be on each bracelet? How many beads will be left over?

What is 7 beads on each bracelet with 4 beads left over? 
200

25 ➗4

What is 6 with a remainder of 1?

200

If I was solving 96 divided by 4 using the area method, could divide it up in to 40, 40 and 16 and then divide? 

What is yes? 

300

480÷6

What is 80?

300

There are 144 kids in sixth grade. If there are 6 sixth grade classes, how many students will be in each class? 

What is 24?

300

136 divided by 6

What is 22 r. 4?

300

Could an 88 inch piece of wood be cut into 4 inch pieces without having any leftover? 

What is yes?

400

120÷4

What is 30?

400

Mrs. Ray has 452 pairs of shoes. She wants to put her shoes into 4 equal groups. How many shoes are in each group?

What is 113?

400

73 ➗3

24 with a remainder of 1

400
There are 60 pieces of string cut for 12 kids to make bracelets with. How many bracelets can each kid make? 
What is 5 bracelets each?
500

3,000÷5

What is 600?

500

Charlie has 17 photographs of cats. He wants to put the photos into 2 groups of the same size, how many photos will be in each group?

What is 8 R1?

500

What is the remainder of 38 ÷ 5

what is 3? 
500

Mrs. White was solving the following math problem: 354 ➗ 4. The quotient she got was 86. Did Mrs. White get the problem correct? 

What is No. She did not get it correct. 

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