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I am wondering if there is a way we can help teachers understand how to record the answer to a division problem with a remainder so that it will make sense to students. Most often, a division problem is being solved as a result of being in context. Therefore, we could interpret the remainder in terms of the context and not cause confusion with how to record our quotient. However, if a student is asked to solve a division problem out of context, such as the example above, is there a way that would be mathematically correct to record the answer symbolically other than using 2 1/3? Would you want students to write 7 = 2 x 3 + 1 as an equation to represent the solution to 7 ÷ 3? I understand why 2 R1 is not acceptable, but am looking for a way to help students see a connection to their work and the correct mathematics. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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