Interpreting Remainders
Sample pictures and number
models are given.
1
Mrs. Patel brought a box of
124 strawberries to the party. She
wants to divide the strawberries
evenly among 8 people. How many
strawberries will each person get?
2
15 15 15 15
15 15 15 15
NAME
DATE
TIME
Mr. Chew has a box of 250 pens.
He asks Maurice to divide the
pens into groups of 8. How many
groups can Maurice make?
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8 8
SRB
47,
113-116
Number model with unknown:
Number model with unknown:
124 ÷ 8 = s
250 ÷ 8 = g
Answer:
Answer:
15 _48 , or 15 _12
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strawberries
Number model with answer:
groups
Number model with answer:
What did you do about the remainder?
Circle the answer.
What did you do about the remainder?
Circle the answer.
A. Ignored it
A. Ignored it
B. Reported it as a fraction
B. Reported it as a fraction
C. Rounded the answer up
C. Rounded the answer up
250 ÷ 8 → 31 R2
124 ÷ 8 → 15 R4
Why? Sample
answer:
You can cut the remaining
strawberries into halves.
Sample answer: There
aren’t enough remaining pens
to form another group of 8.
Why?
Practice
Order the fractions from smallest to largest.
3
5
3 3 3
3 _
_
, , _, _
6 3 5 8
_3
_3
_3
_3
8 , 6 , 5 , 3
99
_1 _2 _6 ___
6 _
2 _
1 _
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_
,
,
,
3 , 8 , 100
3 2 8 100 2 ,
4.OA.3, 4.NBT.6, 4.NF.2, SMP1
4
6
1 _
1 1 1
_
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4 8 2 5
_1
_1
_1
_1
8 , 5 , 4 , 2
81
2
__
_4 _4 ___
81 _
4 _
4 _
2
_
,
,
,
6 , 5 , 100
5 100 6 10 10 ,
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