Intervention
Lesson G51
Name
Interpret the Remainder
Materials counters
Division is an operation that is used to find the number of equal groups or the
number of objects that are in each group. Sometimes there is an extra amount.
The leftover amount is called the remainder.
Can Leroy sort his collection of 14 sports cards into 3 equal piles?
Leroy can’t sort 14 sports cards into 3 equal piles. He can put 4 cards in each
of the 3 piles, but 2 sports cards are left. The remainder is 2 and can be written
as R2; 14 , 3 is 4 R2. Leroy can either give the extra sports cards to a friend or
save them until he gets enough to make another pile of 4.
Use counters to solve the following problems.
1. 28 stickers, 5 stickers on a page
How many pages are full?
What is the remainder?
What does the remainder mean?
2. 19 books, 6 books on a shelf
How many shelves are full?
What is the remainder?
What does the remainder mean?
3. 34 marbles, 5 marbles in a group
How many groups are complete?
What is the remainder?
What does the remainder mean?
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G51 (student p. 1)
MDIS 2.0
Intervention
Lesson G51
Name
Interpret the Remainder
(continued)
Solve each of the following problems.
4. 62 buttons, 7 buttons on a shirt
How many shirts can be made?
What is the remainder?
What does the remainder mean?
5. 95 pens, 10 pens in a package
How many complete packages of pens are there? How many
pens are extra?
6. 40 action figures, 6 action figures in a row
How many complete rows of action figures are there? How many
action figures are extra?
7. 74 apples, 9 apples in a bag
How many bags are full? How many apples are extra?
8. Robert claims that 57 game tokens can be shared equally among
himself and 5 friends without having any extra tokens. Is Robert
correct? Explain.
9. Mary is organizing her collection of 37 crayons in groups of 5.
How many complete groups will she have? Are there any extra
crayons? What can Mary do with any extra crayons?
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G51 (student p. 2)
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