Real-Life Division Puzzles: Check Your Work!

A bakery made 240 cookies. If they pack them into boxes of 12 cookies each, how many boxes do they need? If they then give away 5 boxes, how many boxes are left?

• 10

• 20

• 12

• 15

A farmer has 180 apples. He wants to put them into bags with 15 apples in each bag. How many bags does he need? If he sells 4 bags, how many bags does he have left?

• 10

• 8

• 6

• 12

A school has 300 pencils. If they distribute them equally among 25 students, how many pencils does each student get? If 3 students return their pencils, how many pencils are left with the students?

• 25

• 264

• 300

• 12

A toy store has 450 toys. They want to display them in 30 equal sections. How many toys will be in each section? If they sell 2 sections worth of toys, how many toys are left?

• 380

• 450

• 420

• 400

A library has 600 books. If they organize them into 50 shelves, how many books will be on each shelf? If they donate 5 shelves worth of books, how many books remain in the library?

• 540

• 600

• 550

• 500

A gardener has 120 flowers. He wants to plant them in rows of 10 flowers each. How many rows can he plant? If he gives away 3 rows, how many rows does he have left?

• 12 rows

• 9 rows

• 10 rows

• 6 rows

A concert hall has 500 seats. If they sell tickets in groups of 25, how many groups can they sell? If they sell 8 groups, how many seats are still available?

• 300

• 250

• 350

• 400

A factory produces 1,200 toys. If they pack them into boxes of 20 toys each, how many boxes do they need? If they ship 10 boxes, how many boxes are left?

• 30 boxes left

• 60 boxes left

• 40 boxes left

• 50 boxes left

A restaurant has 240 plates. If they serve 12 plates per table, how many tables can they serve? If they have 5 tables set, how many plates are left?

• 10 tables can be served, and 240 plates are left.

• 25 tables can be served, and 60 plates are left.

• 15 tables can be served, and 120 plates are left.

• 20 tables can be served, and 180 plates are left.

A sports team has 360 baseballs. If they divide them into bags of 30 baseballs each, how many bags do they have? If they use 4 bags for practice, how many bags are left?

• 4 bags left

• 10 bags left

• 8 bags left

• 6 bags left