5RM4-5 - Honey Hollow Elementary School

Reteach 4–5
Name
Date
Problem-Solving Skill:
Interpret Remainders
When you solve a problem that has a remainder, you need to
decide how to interpret the remainder.
Sometimes you increase the
quotient.
Sometimes you drop the
remainder.
Sometimes the remainder is
the answer.
130 people will be attending the party. Each table seats
6 people. How many tables are needed
130 6 21 R4 22 tables are needed.
There are 12 cups in a pack. If 78 cups were used, how
many whole packs of cups were used
78 12 6 R6 6 whole pack of cups were used.
A class with 29 students went to the library in groups of
6, plus one smaller group. How many students were in
the smaller group
29 6 4 R5 There were 5 students in the
smaller group.
Solve.
1. John is building bookshelves. For each
shelf he needs a 4 foot long piece of
wood. How many bookshelves can John
make from a piece of wood 19 feet long
Think:
Can a shelf be made from
a piece of wood less than
4-feet long
3. A teacher has 56 magazines to pass
out. She wants to give each student
3 magazines. To how many students
can she give 3 magazines
2. Each shelf can hold 5 sets of books. If
the library has 409 sets of books, how
many shelves will be full
Think:
Does the remainder represent
a full shelf
4. Student volunteers work in the library.
Each class can send only 2 volunteers. If
the librarians need 27 volunteers in the
library, how many classes will need to
send volunteers
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Reteach 4–5
Name
Date
Problem-Solving Skill:
Interpret Remainders
When you solve a problem that has a remainder, you need to
decide how to interpret the remainder.
Sometimes you increase the
quotient.
Sometimes you drop the
remainder.
Sometimes the remainder is
the answer.
130 people will be attending the party. Each table seats
6 people. How many tables are needed
130 6 21 R4 22 tables are needed.
There are 12 cups in a pack. If 78 cups were used, how
many whole packs of cups were used
78 12 6 R6 6 whole pack of cups were used.
A class with 29 students went to the library in groups of
6, plus one smaller group. How many students were in
the smaller group
29 6 4 R5 There were 5 students in the
smaller group.
Solve.
1. John is building bookshelves. For each
shelf he needs a 4 foot long piece of
wood. How many bookshelves can John
make from a piece of wood 19 feet long
Think:
Can a shelf be made from
a piece of wood less than
4-feet long
4 shelves
3. A teacher has 56 magazines to pass
out. She wants to give each student
3 magazines. To how many students
can she give 3 magazines
18 students
2. Each shelf can hold 5 sets of books. If
the library has 409 sets of books, how
many shelves will be full
Think:
Does the remainder represent
a full shelf
81
4. Student volunteers work in the library.
Each class can send only 2 volunteers. If
the librarians need 27 volunteers in the
library, how many classes will need to
send volunteers
14 classes
Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
38 Use with text pages 142–143.