Interpret the Remainder
A bakery is packaging cookies into bags of 8 cookies. The baker has 154 cookies. How many complete bags of cookies can be made? Explain what to do with the remainder.
154 ÷ 8 = 19 R 2
Ignore the remainder, only 19 complete bags of cookies can be made.
204 ÷ 6 =
34
6,743 ÷ 4=
1,685 R3
Renee rode her bike for a total of 85 miles in the past 5 days. She rode the same distance every day. How many miles did Renee bike each day?
17 miles
744 ÷ 7 =
106 R2
An apple farmer picked 562 apples on Monday. He shipped an equal number of apples to 7 different stores and saved the rest for his family. How many apples did he save? Explain what to do with the remainder.
562 ÷ 7 = 80 R2
The remainder is the answer, he saved 2 apples for his family.
938 ÷ 7 =
134
8,360 ÷ 7 =
1,194 R2
The Good Cheer food drive collected 320 cans of food. This food is going to 4 families. How many cans of food will each family get? Will there be any leftover cans?
80 cans per family; no leftovers
813 ÷ 4 =
203 R1
Ms. Zamora needs 90 notebooks for the school year. The notebooks are sold in packages of 4 notebooks. How many packages of notebooks does Ms. Zamora need to order?
90 ÷ 4 = 22 R2
You have to add 1 to the quotient (round up), so she has to buy 23 packages.
592 ÷ 8=
74
5,910 ÷ 4 =
1,477 R2
Mr. Wagner has 288 bricks. He is building a new patio. How many rows of 9 bricks can he lay for the new patio?
32 rows
The sea lion show at the zoo has six shows each day. In one day, 654 people saw the sea lion show. What was the average number of people at each show?
109 people
A sewing class has 205 yards of fabric to make quilts. Each quilt requires 7 yards of fabric. How much will remain after all the quilts are made?
205 ÷ 7 = 29 R2
The remainder is the answer, 2 yards remains.
9,268 ÷ 7=
1,324
4,817 ÷ 5 =
963 R2
There are 780 calories in 6 granola bars. How many calories are there in each granola bar?
130 calories in each bar
A book company publishes 749 copies of a novel and distributes them to 7 bookstores. If each bookstore were to receive the same number of copies, how many copies would be sent to each store?
749 ÷ 7 = 109
109 copies per store
A restaurant is catering an event for 1,325 guests. Each table seats 8 guests. How many tables are needed for the guests?
1,325 ÷ 8 = 165 R5
You need to add 1 to the quotient (round up), so you need 166 tables.
9,805 ÷ 5=
1,961
6,029 ÷ 8 =
753 R5
A hospital has 408 rooms for patients. They recently ordered 213 new blankets. The blankets will be delivered in 3 shipments. How many blankets will be in each shipment?
71 blankets
If there are 2,005 seats in an auditorium divided into 7 sections. The remaining seats will be assigned to the last section. How many seats are in each of sections 1-6? How many seats in section 7?
2,005 ÷ 7 = 286 R3
286 seats in sections 1-6
289 seats in section 7