No Alien Left Behind (Division with Remainders)

The alien school children from the planet Zigmo travel to distant planets on a field trip. The goal is to select a bus size so that all buses are full and no aliens are left behind. This is a nice illustration of division with remainders.

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

  • Model division of whole numbers.
  • Solve whole number division problems with the aid of a model.
  • Understand the concept of a remainder.
VOCABULARY:
  • dividend, divisor, quotient, remainder

LESSON MATERIALS: