Division Stories

Decide what a remainder means, and write an expression.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 30

In a story, the remainder needs some thought. Say 250 people need vans that seat 12. 250 divided by 12 is 20 with 10 left over.
Those 10 people still need a ride, so we need 21 vans. Here, the answer goes up by one.
Say a baker has 250 cookies and fills boxes of 12. The answer is 20 full boxes, because the left over cookies don't fill a box.
And if the question asks what's left, the answer is the remainder itself: 10 cookies.
So always read the question again before you answer. What does it want to know?

Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards:

5.NR.2.2 — Fluently divide multi-digit whole numbers (up to 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisors no greater than 25) to solve practical problems.
5.NR.5.1 — Write, interpret, and evaluate simple numerical expressions involving whole numbers with or without grouping symbols to represent actual situations.