5th Grade Division: Remainders and Decimals Challenge

A bakery made 125 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 8. How many full boxes can they fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 14 full boxes and 7 cookies left over

• 16 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 12 full boxes and 9 cookies left over

• 15 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

Sarah has 45 marbles and wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left with Sarah?

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 5 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 6 marbles, and Sarah has 9 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 3 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and Sarah has 1 marble left.

A farmer has 250 apples and wants to sell them in bags of 12. How many full bags can he make, and how many apples will remain?

• 15 full bags and 20 apples remain

• 22 full bags and 6 apples remain

• 18 full bags and 14 apples remain

• 20 full bags and 10 apples remain

Tom bought 3.5 meters of ribbon and wants to cut it into pieces that are 0.5 meters long. How many pieces can he cut?

• 10

• 5

• 4

• 7

A school has 150 students and wants to divide them into groups of 5 for a project. How many groups will there be, and will there be any students left out?

• 30 groups, 5 students left out

• 30 groups, no students left out

• 35 groups, no students left out

• 25 groups, 25 students left out

Emily has $45.75 and wants to buy notebooks that cost $3.25 each. How many notebooks can she buy, and how much money will she have left?

• Emily can buy 14 notebooks and will have $0.25 left.

• Emily can buy 12 notebooks and will have $1.25 left.

• Emily can buy 13 notebooks and will have $1.00 left.

• Emily can buy 15 notebooks and will have $0.50 left.

A library has 1,200 books and wants to arrange them on shelves that hold 15 books each. How many shelves will they need, and will there be any books left over?

• 85 shelves, no books left over

• 80 shelves, no books left over

• 70 shelves, 10 books left over

• 75 shelves, 5 books left over

A pizza shop made 18 pizzas and wants to cut each pizza into 8 slices. How many slices will they have in total?

• 144

• 96

• 160

• 128

A gardener has 2.4 liters of water and wants to divide it equally among 6 plants. How much water will each plant receive?

• 0.4 liters

• 1 liter

• 0.6 liters

• 0.2 liters

A toy store has 75 toys and wants to display them in rows of 10. How many full rows can they create, and how many toys will be left over?

• 7 full rows and 5 toys left over

• 5 full rows and 25 toys left over

• 6 full rows and 15 toys left over

• 8 full rows and 2 toys left over