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Minions and a Banana Party

Adapted from tomstinson / Count Gru's Minions (2)

Gru brought to his lab 34 bananas. He eats 2 of them first and shares the rest with his lab assistants, a total of 5 minions.

If Gru wants each minion to have an equal number of bananas, what is the largest number of bananas that each minion can get?
bananas

How many bananas are left after the sharing?
bananas

To avoid his minions fighting over the remaining bananas, how many bananas should Gru have eaten in the first place?
bananas

Aligned with Common Core:
4.OA.3 - Multistep problem involving interpretation of remainders

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So after Gru eats 2 bananas, 32 bananas are left. To share the bananas equally among 5 minions, a certain number of bananas will be left. This is asking for the quotient and remainder.

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Minions learn to share bananas equally. Aligns with Common Core Math 4.OA.3 (multistep with remainder).

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