Interpreting remainders

A local charity is collecting gifts for children in need. They have 9 children and 112 presents to share equally. How many gifts will each child receive?

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Frank baked ornament shaped cookies for seven of his closest friends. Each friend will receive one cookie. He baked 132 cookies and wants to give the leftovers to his Mom. How many cookies will his Mom receive?

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A group of students collected 263 toy soldiers as presents for the soldiers oversees. One box can hold 8 toy soldiers. How many boxes do they need to ship all the gifts?

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Mrs. George is decorating her neighborhood with decorative sleighs filled with fake presents. She has 166 fake presents and 8 sleighs to fill. She wants to fill the sleighs equally and then use the leftover presents to decorate her yard. How many presents will be in her yard?

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Treehouse Elementary is putting on a holiday pageant for their families. They have 198 people attending and 8 people can fit in a row in the auditorium. They want to fill each row equally. How many people will sit in the last row?

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Ben is filling mini holiday stockings for his 7 friends. He has 163 pieces of candy to share amongst his friends. How many pieces of candy will each friend get in a gift bag?

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A card shop has an overstock of holiday cards. They want to sell cards in bundles of 6. They have 154 cards. How many equal bundles can they make?

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Jimmy is giving out candy canes to a local homeless shelter. He was told that 114 people would be at the homeless shelter to enjoy a warm holiday dinner. The store has a box of 7 candy canes for $1.99. How many boxes does Jimmy need?

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