Dividing with remainder

Dividing with remainder

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This task is about division of whole numbers.

Question

a)  Which number can be divided by 5 with a remainder of 1?

    • 123

    • 234

    • 345

    • 456

    • 567

Question

b)  Which number can be divided by 9 with a remainder of 3?

    • 90

    • 181

    • 273

    • 366

    • 458

Question

c)  Which number can be divided by 8 with a remainder of 6?

    • 80

    • 162

    • 244

    • 326

    • 400

Question

d)  Which number can be divided by 7 with a remainder of 5?

    • 350

    • 494

    • 632

    • 777

    • 915

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with auto marking displayed to students).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Strategies
Keywords: 
division, divisibility, remainders
Description of task: 
Students answer four multiple choice questions identifying which three-digit number can be divided by a one-digit number to get a given remainder.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' ability to apply additive or simple multiplicative ideas flexibly to combine or partition whole numbers to solve division problems.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Multiplicative thinking, sets 4-5
within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y6 (06/1997)

Y7 (06/1997)
a) 456 moderate easy
b) 273 moderate easy
c) 326 moderate moderate
d) 915 difficult moderate