Interpret Remainder in Three Digit Word Problems

A box of cupcakes cost $8.  If you had $35 and bought as many boxes as you could, how much money would you have left?

• $3.00

• $8.00

• $4.00

• $17.00

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A coat factory had 29 coats.  If they wanted to put them into 6 boxes, with the same number of coats in each box, how many extra coats would they have left over?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 2

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A factory packed 85 teddy bears into large boxes for delivery to a toy store. Each large box held 9 teddy bears. The remaining bears were packed in small box. How many teddy bears were packed in the small box?

• 9R4

• 9

• 4

• 10

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Jack is moving houses and needs to pack 38 books into small boxes. He packs 6 books in each box. How many books DO NOT fit into boxes?

• 6

• 6R2

• 2

• 7

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Mr. and Mrs. Smith bought 942 candies for Halloween. If they decide to give them out in packets of 10, how many full packets can they create, and how many candies will remain?

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Samantha has 835 pencils that she wants to share with her 4 friends. If the pencils are divided equally, how many pencils will each friend receive, and how many pencils will Samantha keep for herself?

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A factory produced 901 teddy bears in a day. If they are packed into boxes of 8, how many full boxes can be filled, and how many teddy bears will be left unpacked?

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A farmer has 98 eggs to pack in cartons of 12. How many cartons will be filled completely and how many eggs will be left over?

• 10 cartons will be filled completely and 8 eggs will be left over.

• 7 cartons will be filled completely and 6 eggs will be left over.

• 8 cartons will be filled completely and 2 eggs will be left over.

• 5 cartons will be filled completely and 10 eggs will be left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Marie baked 736 cookies for the school bake sale. If she wants to pack them into bags of 8, how many bags can she fill, and how many cookies will be left?

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A farmer harvested 5,678 apples and wants to sell them in batches of 7 apples each. How many full batches can he sell, and how many apples will he have left?

• 810 batches, 8 apples remain

• 811 batches, 5 apples remain

• 812 batches, 4 apples remain

• 813 batches, 3 apples remain

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6