Interpreting Remainders
- Group: Pairs
- Materials: Interpreting Remainders sheet
Explain that remainders can have different meanings. For some problems we can omit the remainder. For other problems, the remainder is a clue to increase the quotient by one. In other problems, the remainder answers the question. Issue the Interpreting Remainders sheet to each student. Pairs work together to write questions that show how to use the remainders for the indicated situation in each problem.