IXL | Multi-step word problems involving remainders

Eve bought a sheet of 65 gold stars for the family she babysits. She tells the 2 boys and 2 girls to share them fairly.

Complete the sentence.

Each kid gets gold stars, with left over.

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The neighborhood kids are planning a snowball fight with 2 teams. The kids made 21 snowballs before lunch and 14 after lunch. They decide to take all the snowballs and share them evenly.

Complete the sentence.

Each team will get snowballs, and there will be left over.

solution

There are 2 teams. Dividing the total number of snowballs by 2 will tell you the number of snowballs for each team and the number of snowballs left over.

Step 1: Find the total number of snowballs.

Add the numbers of snowballs from before lunch and from after lunch.

The kids made a total of 35 snowballs.

Step 2: Find the number of snowballs for each team and the number of snowballs left over.

Divide the total number of snowballs by the number of teams.

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Each team will get 17 snowballs, and there will be 1 left over.

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