IXL | Divide 3-digit by 2-digit numbers: interpret remainders

Tessa made 415 peppermint candies and put them in silver tins to share with her family and friends. She put 14 peppermint candies in each tin. After filling as many tins as she could, how many peppermint candies did Tessa have left over?

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Miss Shelton has 753 gold stickers. She wants to give the same number of stickers to each of her 18 students. How many stickers will each student receive?

gold stickers per student

solution

Divide the total number of stickers by the number of students in the class.

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– 7

– 1

Now think about the remainder. The answer is either 41 or 42.

Multiply:

18 × 41 = 738

18 × 42 = 756

41 gold stickers per student (738 stickers total) is correct. 42 gold stickers per student (756 stickers total) is too many. Each student will receive 41 stickers.

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Lesson: Dividing by 2-digit numbers

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Lesson: Dividing by 2-digit numbers

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