Starter quiz
Sofia has 31 apples and is putting them into boxes of 4 apples. How many full boxes of apples will there be?- 7 ✓
- 7 r 3
- 8
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- 58 ÷ 6 = 9 r 4 This equation represents a division problem. Which of the following would be possible answers to the problem?
- 9 ✓
- 9 r 4
- 10 ✓
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- There are 105 children at the school picnic. 11 children can sit on each picnic blanket. How many blankets are needed so that all children can sit down?
- 11 blankets
- 10 blankets ✓
- 9 blankets
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- At the picnic, each large bottle of water can fill 9 glasses. How many bottles are needed to fill 88 glasses?
- 9
- 9 r 7
- 10 ✓
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- In an art lesson, 52 children need a paint brush. Brushes come in packs of 12 How many full packs are needed for all children to have a paintbrush? ______
- '5' ✓
- Children are put into groups of 7 to play a team game. If there are 65 children, how many full teams of 7 are there? ______
- '9' ✓
Exit quiz
- 75 children are going on a trip to the farm. Each minibus can hold 9 children. How many minibuses are needed to take all of the children? ______ minibuses.
- '9' ✓
- Sofia feeds 55 different cows on the farm. There are 8 cows in each enclosure. How many enclosures did she visit? ______
- '7' ✓
- There are 70 bags of different animal feed which are shared equally between 6 of the groups. How many bags does each group receive? ______ bags.
- '11' ✓
- In the rabbit house, 44 carrots are shared equally between 7 rabbits. How many carrots does each rabbit receive? ______ carrots
- '6' ✓
- The farmer gives trailer rides around the farm. Each trailer has room for 12 children. How many trailers are needed for 75 children to ride? ______ trailers.
- '7' ✓
- There are 44 children waiting to see the pigs. Only 8 children are allowed into the barn at a time. How many of the groups that go into the barn contain 8 children? ______
- '5' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When solving division problems, sometimes a remainder is recorded as the number left over.
- When solving division problems, sometimes a remainder can be ignored.
- When solving division problems, sometimes an extra group is made to include the remainder.
- The question asked in the problem shows whether we should ignore or include the remainder.
Common misconception
Children may struggle to visualise how the remainder relates to the question asked in the problem, or may solve the equation without relating back to the question asked.
Encourage them to write the division equation for the problem and say what each part represents, focusing particularly on the role of the remainder and how it relates to the question asked.
Keywords
Remainder - A remainder is the amount left over after division when the dividend does not divide exactly by the divisor.
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