Interpreting Remainders Word Problems

A teacher has 23 students in her class. She wants to divide the students into groups of 5 for a group project. How many students will be without a group?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A baker is packaging cookies into boxes. Each box can hold 8 cookies. If the baker has 65 cookies, how many cookies will not fit into the boxes?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A library has 94 books that need to be shelved. If a librarian can shelve 15 books in each section, how many books will not have a section?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A farmer is dividing 250 apples among baskets that can each hold 24 apples. How many apples will be left over after filling all the baskets he can?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

In a marathon, 312 runners participated and organizers want to give each finishing group a photo. If each photo can include 25 runners, how many runners will not be in a photo?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A school is buying new desks. Each classroom can fit 22 desks, and the school needs to accommodate 487 students. How many students will not have a desk if they distribute the desks evenly across the classrooms?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A printer has enough ink to print 567 pages. If each book being printed has 73 pages, how many pages will be left unprinted?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A girl has 48 stickers and wants to put them in albums. Each album can hold 9 stickers. How many stickers will she have left after filling as many albums as she can?

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6