Interpreting Remainders

IGNORE IT! In this problem, we ignore the remainder because Ms. Quinn-Shea is dividing equally. The oreos that do not fit into the bags are ignored and we answer with the number of oreos that can evenly go into the bags.

ROUND IT UP! In this problem, we have to round up our answer to the next whole (66 cars). We can't leave kids behind and we can't fit extra kids into a car. For the remaining 2 kids, we need to get another car.

RECORD IT AS A DECIMAL! In this problem, we are splitting up money. Money can be exchanged for smaller units (dollars to cents) to be able to divide evenly. Since we have $2 left over, we can divide that between 4 people so each person gets $0.50.

This problem is asking us how many toys will be donated, which is the amount that cannot fit evenly into the baskets. The remainder is our answer to the problem!