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Interpreting Remainders
WORD PROBLEMS
100

442 / 13

34

100
4290 / 66
65
100

9294 / 101

92 R2

100
Mason is trying to earn two hundred nine dollars for some new video games. If he charges forty-seven dollars to mow a lawn, how many lawns will he need to mow to earn the money?
5 - four lawns is not enough, because who is going to want only a remainder of their lawn mowed?
100
Mrs. Huffman dropped 24,090 M&Ms on the floor. If each of the 30 students in class grabbed the same amount, how many M&Ms did each student grab?
803
200

180 / 45

4

200

4715 / 62

76 R3

200
32088 / 573
56
200

A baker had eighteen boxes for donuts. He ended up making seven hundred sixty-three donuts and splitting them evenly between the boxes. How many extra donuts did he end up with?

7

200
Ms. Cook wanted to share her 7882 Pokemon cards evenly with the fourteen students in 5th grade who turned in all their homework. How many cards did each student receive?
563
300

171 / 55

3 R6

300

3813 / 41

93

300
13328 / 833
16
300

A machine in a candy company creates seven hundred eighty-three pieces of candy a minute. If a small box of candy has fourteen pieces in it how many full boxes does the machine make in a minute?

55

300

Angelita wanted to buy new carpet for her living room. She said the area is 299 ft2 and the length of the room is 13 feet. What is the width of the room? Remember, length x width = area

23

400

951 / 24

39 R15

400
3293 / 89
37
400

40341 / 938

43 R7

400

Mr. Lager has a huge family. They are going on camping trip! He has 323 total people going. If each van holds 13 people, how many vans does he need to rent.

25

400
The Great Pumpkin delivered 2494 pieces of candy to the 5th graders at La Paloma Academy. How many pieces of candy do each of the 86 students get to eat?
29
500

550 / 68

8 R6

500

3788 / 19

199 R7

500

26924 / 641

42 R2

500

Mr. Fryer bought 127 Reese cups to share with himself and two friends. If he wants to share ALL the Reeses, how many Reese cups does each person get?

42 1/3

500
17 students picked up a total of 6732 pieces of trash at recess. How many pieces of trash did each student pick up?
396