How it works
Share each place, left to right.
Trade what is left down to the next place.
Anything that can't be shared equally is the remainder.
Worked examples
Shares exactly
- A teacher shares 999 crayons among 3 tables. How many each? How many left?
- 999 shared among 3: share each place.
- 9 ÷ 3 = 3 each time, so nothing is left.
- So the answer is 333 r 0.
A remainder
- A farm packs 2,670 eggs into cartons of 7. How many full cartons? How many left?
- 2670 shared into cartons of 7.
- 7 × 381 = 2667, and 2670 − 2667 = 3 left.
- So the answer is 381 r 3.
One left over
- 3,166 stickers are shared among 3 friends. How many each? How many left?
- 3166 shared among 3.
- 3 × 1055 = 3165, and 3166 − 3165 = 1 left.
- So the answer is 1055 r 1.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- A teacher shares 464 crayons among 2 tables. How many each? How many left?
- A teacher shares 39 crayons among 3 tables. How many each? How many left?