Max Maths, Year 3, Try it, Division leaving a remainder

In a Year 3 mathematics exercise, students explore the concept of division with remainders in a real-world context. The scenario presented involves 42 learners who need to be transported home from school by bus, with each bus having a capacity of 10 learners. After four buses have already collected some of the learners, the question posed is how many learners are still waiting for a bus.

To solve this, students are encouraged to visualise the problem using dots to represent the learners. By grouping the dots into sets of 10, they can easily see how many complete groups are formed and how many learners (dots) are left ungrouped. This exercise helps them understand that 42 divided by 10 results in four groups of 10 with a remainder. The number of dots left ungrouped represents the learners still waiting. Through this method, students can determine the exact number of learners who are yet to be picked up by the next bus, thus applying division with remainders to find the solution.