Thinking Skills & Heuristics
Mental Calculation
Division – Remainder When Divided By 5
Find the remainder when 7429 ÷ 5.
STRATEGY
9 ÷ 5 = 1 R 4 [divide the last digit of the number by 5 to get the remainder]
The remainder when 7429 ÷ 5 is 4.
Do these division mentally.
Find the remainder when
R=
6
2892 ÷ 5
R=
2
6933 ÷ 5
R=
7
9976 ÷ 5
R=
3
7008 ÷ 5
R=
8
1846 ÷ 5
R=
4
5807 ÷ 5
R=
9
7943 ÷ 5
R=
5
3349 ÷ 5
R=
10 4386 ÷ 5
R=
2 3
8524 ÷ 5
1 4
1
3 3
4 2
5 4
6 2
7 1
8 1
9 3
10 1
Answers:
Adapted:
Mental Mathematics Book 5
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