Team Challenge: Round 1

You be the judge!

Goal:

Goal:

The players below are on different teams in a math competition. As part of the competition, they have been given several problems to solve using partial quotients. To receive a point for their team, a player must have a correct answer, and they must show their work correctly.

For each challenge problem, check the work of the player and decide which team should be rewarded with a point. After each round has been completed, add up each team’s points to see who wins!

Click each player to check their work and answer.

Round 1: 563 ÷ 9 =

My final answer is 62 R5.
This is my solution.

Five hundred sixty three minus ninety equals four hundred seventy three minus ninety equals three hundred eighty three minus ninety equals two hundred ninety three minus ninety equals two hundred three minus ninety equals one hundred thirteen minus ninety equals twenty three minus eighteen equals five. Arrows pointing to ten groups and two groups. You can not make anymore groups of 9. What is left is your remainder.

My final answer is 61 R14.
Here is my solution.

Five hundred sixty three minus ninety equals four hundred seventy three minus ninety equals three hundred eighty three minus ninety equals two hundred ninety three minus ninety equals two hundred three minus ninety equals one hundred thirteen minus ninety equals twenty three minus nine equals fourteen. Arrows pointing to ten groups and one groups. You can not make anymore groups of 9. What is left is your remainder.

After judging each player’s solution, and the work they showed, which player should be named the winner of Round 1?

The winner of round 1 is Player 1 from the Blue Team! The correct answer is 62 R5.
Player 1 from the Yellow Team has a remainder that is higher than the divisor.
This means that you could make another group of your divisor, 9. Always keep in mind that the remainder of any division equation should never be larger than the divisor.