A Remainder of One
Written by: Elinor J. Pinczes
Illustrated by: Bonnie Mackain
Summary:
When a group of ants begin to march, the queen wants them in equal groups. They organize in lines of 2, and one lonely ant gets left out. He has the great idea to keep reorganizing their lines until he can fit in, but he just can't get the numbers right, and he is always the remainder of one! He organizes lines of 3, 4, and finally 5 where the lines work out perfectly and all are happy!
Application:
This book is an engaging way to introduce students to division where remainders are involved. It goes through the multiplication of the number twenty-five until there is no remainder using a cute story and wonderful pictures. By going through the story problem by problem the class could solve the problems and predict whether that one ant would be the remainder of one, or whether he would have finally solved the lines.
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