Students split a total into equal groups and make sense of what’s left over — the remainder — learning when to round up, drop it, or share it.
Students will be able to…
47 students, 5 per van. That’s 9 vans… and 2 kids left over. So do you need 9 vans or 10? The remainder decides.
Project this and split the total into equal groups. Watch full groups form and the leftover pieces become the remainder.
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47 kids, 5 per van — how many vans?
Teacher divides and interprets.
Class drives the Remainder Bar.
Students divide and interpret.
Answer the van question.
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, including the Standards for Mathematical Practice.
Find whole-number quotients and remainders using place value and the relationship between multiplication and division.
Solve multistep word problems, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted.
Interpret whole-number quotients of whole numbers.
Make sense of problems and persevere — deciding what a remainder means.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Students draw a dividend and a divisor, predict the remainder, then split counters to check — and write a real situation for that remainder. A printable game sheet is in the Math library.
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