IXL | One-step word problems involving remainders

Monica is helping her aunt make blackberry pies for her aunt's bakery. Monica has 22 cups of blackberries and will use 4 cups for each pie.

Complete the sentence.

Monica can make pies, and there will be cups of blackberries left over.

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There are 4 friends going to the movie theater. They bring 18 licorice sticks to share, and each friend eats the same number.

Complete the sentence.

Each friend eats licorice sticks, with left over.

solution

There are 18 licorice sticks and 4 people. First, find the multiple of 4 that is just below 18. Try a few numbers and see how close to 18 you can get.

So, each friend eats 4 licorice sticks. Together, they eat 16 of the 18 licorice sticks.

Next, find the number of licorice sticks left over. Subtract.

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So, there are 2 licorice sticks left over.

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