Quotients and Remainders in Word Problems
aligned to 5.ce.1 The Student Will Estimate, Represent, Solve, And Justify Solutions To Single-step And Multistep Contextual Problems Using Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, And Division With Whole Numbers.
Learning Objective
I can use division to solve word problems and understand what the whole number quotient and remainder represent in the context of the problem.
Lesson Flow
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Long Division WITH Remainders! - Dividing Numbers Fourth Grade Fractions
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Practice
7 questions • Short answer
Exit Ticket
“There are 35 students going on a field trip. If each van can hold 6 students, how many vans are needed? Explain what the quotient and remainder represent. A baker makes 50 cookies. She wants to put them into bags with 8 cookies in each bag. How many full bags of cookies can she make? Explain what the quotient and remainder represent.”
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