Math story 73 · Word problems

The Remainder Counts

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30 children go to the zoo. Each car holds 4 children.

30 divided by 4 is 7, remainder 2.

But those 2 children need a ride too! So we need 8 cars.

50 children, 6 per boat: how many boats do we need?

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Correct! 50 divided by 6 is 8, remainder 2. So we need 9 boats.

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