Division
Remainder Road Race
Students become race car drivers and use division to
reach the finish line in this fast-paced board game.
DIRECTIONS
50+ Super-Fun Math Activities: Grade 4 © Scholastic Teaching Resources
1. To get ready to play this race car game, review division with
remainders. For example, dividing 57 by 8 yields a quotient of 7
and a remainder of 1. Give some other examples and be sure
students are comfortable expressing quotients and remainders.
2. Distribute reproducible page 28. Explain to students that they
will be playing a game called the Remainder Road Race—and
they are the race car drivers! The object is to be the first race car
driver to cross the finish line. They’ll need to divide and use
remainders to get there.
3. Demonstrate how to use the game board spinner. Spin a paper
clip around the tip of a pencil placed at the spinner’s center. Then
divide students into small groups and distribute a game board
and paper clip to each group.
4. Students should spin to decide who will go first, with the highest
number going first. Play proceeds to the left. Each player takes
his or her turn at the starting line and uses the number 19 to
begin play.
5. After a player spins, he or she divides the number in the board
space by the number on the spinner. When the player finishes
the division problem, he or she moves forward the same number
of spaces as the REMAINDER of the problem. For example, if a
player is on 19 at the starting line and spins ÷ 8, the answer is 2
with a remainder of 3. The player moves ahead 3 spaces. If the
problem has no remainder, the player cannot move until his or
her next turn.
6. After each group has a winner, discuss the game. Could strategy
be used, or was the winner determined by luck? Could a
calculator be used to play the game? Why or why not?
Grouping
Small groups
You’ll
Need
For each group:
◆ Remainder Road
Race (reproducible
page 28)
◆ Paper
◆ Pencils
◆ Paper clips
Writing
Connection
Ask students to analyze
how they moved ahead
on the game board and
then explain what they
would need to reach
the finish line the
fastest. Would spinning
the highest or lowest
number always help?
ASSESSMENT
Students can check the math of players in their group and
make sure they are using the remainder to move forward.
27
Name
Division
50+ Super-Fun Math Activities: Grade 4 © Scholastic Teaching Resources
35
755
28
÷6
÷5
19
907
40
580
302
÷4
÷7
762
47
12
103 71
÷3
÷8
Remainder Road Race
÷2
9
÷
START
373
730
11
22
99
151
77 64 14 92
54
29
10
199
28
50
18
999
100 77
FINISH