Math 508 Lesson 8 Story Problems With Remainders Math Worksheet (Page 2 of 8) in pdf

Math 508 Lesson 8 Story Problems With Remainders Math Worksheet Page 2

Lesson 8

Anne is making pretty cards to send to her grandparents.

She has 23 stickers to use on her cards. If she needs 4 bird

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stickers for each card, how many cards can Anne make?

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The answer is 5. This time we just drop the remainder. It wouldn’t make sense for Anne to

make

of a card, nor would she have 3 cards left over. She has 3 stickers left over, but the

problem did not ask about the stickers.

After you work a division problem, read the question again, and ask yourself, “Which

answer makes the most sense?” Then write the best answer.

If the quotient can be divided into parts, write the remainder as a fraction.

If the quotient cannot be divided into parts, decide whether to list the remainder

separately, drop the remainder, or add it to one of the other groups.

1. The river route to the Mayan ruins is 32 miles long. The

Maus family took 3 days to canoe the length of it. If they

traveled the same amount each day, how many miles did

they travel each day?

Answer:

2. Juan separated his 11 pigs as evenly as possible into

2 pens. How many pigs were in each pen?

Answer:

3. A pig was butchered and cut into 3-lb chunks. If the pork

weighed 97 lbs, how many 3-lb chunks were there?

Answer:

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