Division Word Problems with Remainders

A large group of people are traveling on a train. Each section can hold 8 people. If there are 127 people in the group, how many sections of the train will they have to reserve for their group? First, what will you do with the remainder to this question?

• Bump it up

• Drop it

• Use it as a decimal or fraction

A large group of people are traveling on a train. Each section can hold 8 people. If there are 127 people in the group, how many sections of the train will they have to reserve for their group?

• 15.8

• 16

• 15

• 15 R 7

Brandon is having a pizza party for his birthday. The guest list includes his two parents, his brother, 5 friends, and of course himself. If they want to have 3 slices of pizza for each guest, and each pizza has 8 slices of pizza, how many pizzas will they need to order? First, what will you do with the remainder in this question?

• drop it

• bump it up

• write it as a fraction or decimal

Brandon is having a pizza party for his birthday. The guest list includes his two parents, his brother, 5 friends, and of course himself. If they want to have 3 slices of pizza for each guest, and each pizza has 8 slices of pizza, how many pizzas will they need to order?

• 3

• 4

• 3.38

• 3 R 3

Arnie was organizing his markers. He found 83 markers and had containers that would hold 10 pencils in each. He decided that he only wanted FULL boxes of pencils, and would put the extras in his brother's messy room. How many full boxes of pencils did Arnie end up with? First, what will you do with the remainder in this problem?

• drop it

• bump it up

• write it as a fraction or decimal

Arnie was organizing his markers. He found 83 markers and had containers that would hold 10 pencils in each. He decided that he only wanted FULL boxes of pencils, and would put the extras in his brother's messy room. How many full boxes of pencils did Arnie end up with?

• 8

• 7

• 9

• 8.3

Andrea wanted to share some Hershey bars with her three sisters. She had 5 Hershey bars, and each candy bar had 8 separate pieces that it could be broken into. How many Hershey bars did each sister get? First, how many people are splitting the Hershey bars?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

Andrea wanted to share some Hershey bars with her three sisters. She had 5 Hershey bars, and each candy bar had 8 separate pieces that it could be broken into. How many Hershey bars did each sister get? Next, what will you do with the remainder in this problem?

• drop it

• bump it up

• write it as a fraction or decimal

Andrea wanted to share some Hershey bars with her three sisters. She had 5 Hershey bars, and each candy bar had 8 separate pieces that it could be broken into. How many Hershey bars did each sister get?

• 1

• 2

• 1.25

Erica had 42 pieces of cheese. She wanted to put 5 pieces of cheese on a plate, and decided she would just give the leftover pieces of cheese to her dog. How many plates of cheese would Erica have?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 8.4