ANSWER KEY
Interpreting the Remainder: 1-Digit Division
Two Options for a Remainder:
1. Ignore It: Use this option if you don’t have enough to complete the next group. Save
it for later, get rid of it, or keep it. Look for the key word “be able to.”
2. Add another group: Use this option if the remainder can’t be ignored or left
behind. Look for the key word “need.”
Example #1: Sarah has $128. She would like to spend it on DVDs. Each DVD costs $9.
How many DVDs will Sarah be able to buy?
Solve Model
Label Remainder: $2
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Sarah can buy 14 DVDs.
Example #2: Mr. Michelson needs 99 pencils for the first day of school. Pencils are
sold in boxes of 6. How many boxes of pencils does Mr. Michelson need to buy?
Solve Model
99 pencils
16r3
6 | ux?
Label Remainder: 3 pencils
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Mr. Michelson needs to buy 17 boxes
of pencils.ANSWER KEY |n Partners
Two Options for a Remainder:
1. Ignore It: Lise this option if you don’t have enaugh to complete the next graup. Save
it for later, get rid of it, or keep it. Look for the key word “be able to.”
2. Add another group: Use this option if the remainder can’t be ignored or left behind.
Look for the key word “need.”
1) Jack has 74 eggs. Each morning, he makes an omelet with 4 eggs. How many
omelets will Jack be able to make?
Solve
18r2
Model
Label Remainder: 2 eggs
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Jack can make 18 omelets.
2) 359 people are waiting to go to the top of the Empire State Building. The elevator
holds 8 people at a time. How many trips will the elevator need to take to get
everyone to the top floor?
Solve
Model
359 people
8
Label Remainder: 7 people
Interpret in a complete sentence:
The elevator will need to take 45 trips
to the top floor.ANSWER KEY |ndependent Practice
Two Options for a Remainder:
1. Ignore It: Lise this option if you don’t have enaugh to complete the next graup. Save
it for later, get rid of it, or keep it. Look for the key word “be able to.”
2. Add another group: Use this option if the remainder can’t be ignored or left behind.
Look for the key word “need.”
1) Jason has 139 feet of rope. He wants to cut the rope in 5-foot pieces. How many 5-
foot pieces will Jason be able to make?
Solve Model
139 feet
5
Label Remainder: 4 feet of rope
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Jason can make 27 pieces of rope.
2) 276 students are going on a safari. They will ride in train cars that hold 7 students.
each. How many train cars will they need so that all the students can go on safari?
Solve Model
276 students
Te ere |e
Label Remainder: 3 students
Interpret in a complete sentence:
They will need 40 train cars at the
sofari..ANSWER KEY |ndependent Practice
3) Quincy has 831 liters of water. He wants to pour the water into jugs that each hold
2 liters. How many jugs of water will Quincy be able to fill completely?
Solve Model
831 liters
22 Ls
Label Remainder: 1 liter
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Quincy can fill 415 jugs of water.
4) Ms. Brown has 917 sheets of paper. She wants to make books for her students that
have 6 sheets of paper in them. How many books will Ms. Brown be able to make?
Solve Model
1525
Label Remainder: 5 sheets of paper
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Ms. Brown can make 152 books.ANSWER KEY |ndependent Practice
5) Norman needs to send 1,378 letters for a survey he is conducted. Stamps are sold
in books of 8. How many books of stamps will Norman need?
Solve Model
172r2 1,378 letters
x?
Label Remainder: 2 letters
Interpret in a complete sentence:
Norman needs to buy 173 books of
stamps.
6) 6,783 people are attending a banquet. They are seated at tables that seat 9. How
many tables will it take to seat everyone?
Solve
7536
Label Remainder: 6 people
Interpret in a complete sentence:
It will take 754 tables to seat
everyone.