Support students with interpreting the remainder in division word problems with these winter-themed math task cards - 24 task cards to practice solving division story problems available in digital and print options.

Students will solve one-step division, interpret the remainder story problems, and determine how to handle the remainder based on the context of the problem. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps).

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Three ways to interpret the remainder: (all question types included)

① Share the remainder ➜ Include the remainder as a fraction or decimal. Used for money story problems or problems involving something that can be split in real life.
② Add the remainder ➜ Everything has to fit and can't be left out.
③ Drop the remainder ➜ The problem asks for whole items that can't be split in real life.


Differentiated Task Card Levels:

① Task Cards #1 - #10 ➜ problems with dividends under 50
② Task Cards #11 - #20 ➜ problems with 2 & 3 digit dividends greater than 50
③ Challenge Task Cards #21 - #24 ➜ multi-step word problems

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➜ Do your students struggle to interpret the remainder in division word problems correctly?

Interpreting the remainder in division word problems can be very challenging for students. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce interpreting the remainder in division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

➜ Are you looking for a holiday math activity that is rigorous and based on standards?

These holiday-themed division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Winter break.

➜ Are you tired of coming up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving division story problems.

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24 Math Word Problem Task Cards available in the following formats:

⭐ Short answer task cards

⭐ Multiple choice task cards

⭐ Color printing

⭐ Black & White printing

⭐ Digital Task cards for Google Slides

⭐ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards

⭐ Answer Keys

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Who?

Use these multiplication and division task cards with your fourth- and fifth-grade students.

Students will practice:

➞Evaluating how to handle a remainder based on the context of the problem and the question being asked.
➞Using knowledge of fractions to break apart remainders into equal groups
➞Using knowledge of money and decimals to break apart remainders into equal groups
➞Solving division problems within 100 (questions #1-10)
➞Solving division problems within 1,000 (questions #11-20)
➞Solving division problems with 3-digit dividends divided by 1-digit divisors

⭐ An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers!

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Common Core Aligned:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.6

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Holiday-themed Task Cards ☃
➞Students solve one-step division word problems

★ 20 Multiple Choice Holiday-themed Task Cards☃
➞Students choose between 4 answer choices
➞Answer choices include the incorrect interpretation as an answer choice.

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):
➞Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides-
➞Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide
➞Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms:
➞ Short Answer Self-grading Google Form
➞ Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

-SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading!
-Provide students with immediate feedback
-The answer key is already input into the form for you
-Effortlessly collect data on student performance.

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

➞Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers ➞into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.
➞Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.
➞Formative assessment
➞Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket.

★ Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats
➞Blank record sheet with numbers only
➞Fill in the record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)

★ Answer Key
➞Formatted on the record sheet
➞Included in Google forms

❄❅❆❄❅❆❄ Task cards have holiday and winter-themed math story problem questions with some questions about Christmas and Hanukah for December & January.

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Winter break

★Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems.

★Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

★Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

★Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

★Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

★Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

★Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

★Partner work during math rotations or math centers

★Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

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HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

★Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version
★Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy ★NO PREP paperless option
★Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.


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☃I hope your students love these engaging winter-themed word problem task cards to practice solving multiplication and division story problems!

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