Remainders in your head — Mental Maths Mastery

How to do it in your head

Nearest table fact — “find the biggest table answer that fits, the rest is left over”

1. Go up the table until the next answer would be too big.
2. Take that table answer away from your number.
3. What is left is the remainder; how many times is the number of full groups.

Use it for: Packing things in boxes, making teams and rows, and sweets left over after sharing.

Worked example: What is the remainder when 59 is divided by 7? → 3

✏️ Practice

Work it out in your head or on paper, then tap your answer — or type it and press Check. Stuck? Press “Show me how”.

🏁 Lesson 13 test

20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.

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🖨️ Division with Remainders Worksheet

• Worksheet set 1 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 2 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 3 (PDF)