966 divided by 8 is 120R6
Correct
392 divided by 3 is 130
Incorrect
The student divided correctly until the last step, but when they saw the leftover 2, they forgot to write it as a remainder.
Instead, they just stopped, thinking the division was complete.
673 divided by 3 is 224R1
Correct
889 divided by 6 is 148
Incorrect: its 148R1: They forgot to write the remainder at the end of the problem.
966 divided by 8
Jamal's Work
4638 รท 12
_________
3 8 6
12 | 4638
- 36
----
10
- 0
----
138
- 132
----
6
Answer: 386 R6
What Jamal Did:
He divided 46 correctly (got 3, subtracted 36, left 10).
Then, instead of bringing down the 3 to make 103,
he treated it like 10 and brought down the 38 together.
This made his digits shift and caused him to get 386 R6 instead of 364 R6.