Choosing the Best Form for a Remainder Worksheet Download
Free 5th Grade (5nbt6) math worksheets on Choosing the Best Form for a Remainder. Each worksheet has 8 problems with an answer key and are ideal for teachers and homeschooling. You can download the PDF, create a set of flash cards or set it up for online learning.
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About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 8 word problems choosing whether a remainder is best written as a whole number, a fraction or a decimal.
This worksheet gives a division word problem and four answers - the quotient, the quotient plus one, a mixed number and a decimal - all of them the same division written differently. Only the situation decides which one makes sense: boxes that must be full drop the remainder, vans that must carry everyone round up, ribbon can be shared as a fraction and money as a decimal. Because the four choices are always the same number in four forms, nothing can be answered by arithmetic alone. Sheets can be customized, turned into flash cards, or assigned for online learning.
Student objectives
- Decide whether to round up, drop the remainder, or write it as a fraction or decimal.
- Match the form of an answer to the situation.
- Recognize when a leftover can be shared.
Everyday practice
- Ask whether a leftover can be split or has to be rounded.
- Work out how many vehicles are needed for a group.
- Split a bill and say why the answer has cents.