Math 508 Lesson 8 Story Problems With Remainders Math Worksheet
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8Mastery Drill 8
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Story Problems With Remainders
What we do with the remainder after working a division story problem depends on the
story.
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3 R1
1
Three hungry boys divided
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3 ) 1 0
3 ) 1 0
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ten pieces of pizza equally among
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themselves. How many pieces of pizza
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1
did each boy eat?
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Should the answer be 3
or 3 R 1 ?
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If the boys eat all the pizza, there won’t be a remainder, so this time we change the
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remainder into a fraction, since pizza can be cut into pieces. Each boy ate 3
pieces of pizza.
13 boys were divided into 2 groups for soccer.
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6 R1
1
How many boys were in each group?
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2 ) 1 3
2 ) 1 3
or
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1 2
1 2
Should the answer be 6
or 6 R 1?
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We can’t divide any of the boys in half, so the fraction
1
or R1
remainder doesn’t make sense. We use 6 R 1. Each team has 6
2
boys and one boy waits as a substitute. Or we can say one team
has 6 boys and the remainder is added to the second team,
which now has 7 boys.
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