What does remainder mean?
Word: Remainder
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Remainder means the part that is left over, or the number left after one number is divided by another.
How do you spell remainder?
Syllables: re - main - der
Tricky part: Leave out one letter and you have a different word, reminder. The word for what is left keeps the a.
Watch out for: remaindar, remaindor, remander
Memory tip: When a sum is done, the a stays behind in this word, just as a remainder stays behind after dividing.
Remainder in a sentence
Example 1: The remainder of the class stayed back to help clean the lab.
Example 2: Seven divided by two leaves a remainder of one.
Example 3: Dad paid half the fee in June and the remainder in July.
Fun Fact
Clocks run on remainders. On a 12-hour clock, 15:00 is 3 o'clock because 15 divided by 12 leaves a remainder of 3, and mathematicians really do call this clock arithmetic.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After the power cut ended, the teacher told us to finish the remaindir of our science worksheet at home before Monday morning.
a) remaindir
b) morning
c) worksheet
d) science
Show answer
a) remaindir. The weak ending of this word is spelt er.
Mingle-Mangle
The sentence contains a jumbled word. Choose the word it hides:
Divide 23 by 5 and you get 4 with a nrriedaem of 3.
a) retainer
b) reindeer
c) remainder
d) remember
Show answer
c) remainder. An a and an m in the jumble settle it, and the sum in the sentence agrees.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word remainder as used in the sentence:
We finished the chapter by noon and spent the remainder of the day at the science fair.
a) price
b) title
c) rest
d) start
Show answer
c) rest. It means whatever was left of the day after noon.
Spell-o-Spell
Three of these words are spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of the one that is misspelt.
1. remainder 2. fraction 3. quotient 4. denominater
a) a part of a whole number
b) what cannot be shared out equally in a division
c) the result of dividing one number by another
d) the number below the line in a fraction
Show answer
d) the number below the line in a fraction. Denominator should end in or, not er.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Fifty sweets are shared equally among eight children. What is the remainder?
a) 2
b) 0
c) 4
d) 6
Show answer
a) 2
2. A farmer sells two-thirds of his mangoes. What does the remainder come to?
a) one third of the mangoes
b) none of the mangoes
c) two thirds of the mangoes
d) all of the mangoes
Show answer
a) one third of the mangoes
