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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Student Exploration Guide
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Assessment Questions
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
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