Recover the dividend from quotient and remainder
When a certain number is divided by 8, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 1. Find the quotient and the remainder when this number is divided by 5.
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Understand
A number divided by 8 gives quotient 9 and remainder 1. We first recover that number, then divide it by 5 to find the new quotient and remainder.
- The number divided by 8 has quotient 9 and remainder 1.
- We then divide the same number by 5.
- The quotient and remainder when the number is divided by 5.
- Remainders must be less than the divisor (less than 8 here, less than 5 in the second division).
- The number is a whole number.
Plan
#11 Work Backwards · also uses: #6 Guess and Check
Rebuild the original number from quotient times divisor plus remainder, then carry out the new division by 5.
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Review
Check: 5 times 14 plus 3 equals 73, the recovered number, and the remainder 3 is less than the divisor 5, so the answer is valid.
Convert to an equation (tool 13): the number N satisfies N = 8 times 9 + 1 = 73, then solve N = 5q + r with 0 less than or equal to r less than 5, giving q = 14, r = 3.
Standards · min grade 3
3.OA.B.6Understand division as an unknown-factor problem — Rebuilding the number 73 from quotient 9 and remainder 1.3.OA.C.7Fluently multiply and divide within 100 — Dividing 73 by 5 to get quotient 14 and remainder 3.