Remainders in Real Life: 4th Grade Word Problems

A farmer has 48 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes that hold 6 apples each. How many boxes will he need, and will there be any apples left over?

• 8 boxes, no apples left over

• 7 boxes, 1 apple left over

• 9 boxes, no apples left over

• 6 boxes, 2 apples left over

There are 36 students in a class. If the teacher wants to divide them into groups of 4 for a project, how many groups will there be, and will there be any students left without a group?

• 10 groups, no students left

• 8 groups, 4 students left

• 7 groups, 2 students left

• 9 groups, no students left

A baker made 120 cookies. If he puts them into bags of 10 cookies each, how many bags can he fill, and will there be any cookies left over?

• 10 bags, 10 cookies left over

• 15 bags, 0 cookies left over

• 12 bags, 5 cookies left over

• 12 bags, 0 cookies left over

A library has 250 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 25 books on each shelf, how many shelves will they need, and will there be any books left over?

• 9 shelves, 5 books left over

• 12 shelves, no books left over

• 10 shelves, no books left over

• 8 shelves, 10 books left over

A toy store has 75 toy cars. If they want to sell them in packs of 5, how many packs can they sell, and will there be any toy cars left?

• 15 packs, 0 toy cars left

• 16 packs, 5 toy cars left

• 14 packs, 1 toy car left

• 10 packs, 5 toy cars left

A gardener has 90 flowers to plant. If he plants them in rows of 10 flowers each, how many rows will he have, and will there be any flowers left over?

• 10 rows, 0 flowers left over

• 8 rows, 2 flowers left over

• 7 rows, 3 flowers left over

• 9 rows, 0 flowers left over

A school is organizing a field trip for 150 students. If they can fit 30 students on each bus, how many buses will they need, and will there be any students left without a bus?

• 5 buses, no students left without a bus.

• 5 buses, 5 students left without a bus.

• 6 buses, no students left without a bus.

• 4 buses, 10 students left without a bus.

A pizza shop made 84 pizzas. If they want to cut each pizza into 8 slices, how many slices will they have in total, and will there be any leftover slices if they serve 100 slices?

• Total slices: 672, Leftover slices: 572

• Total slices: 640, Leftover slices: 540

• Total slices: 600, Leftover slices: 500

• Total slices: 700, Leftover slices: 600

A concert hall has 200 seats. If they sell tickets in groups of 5, how many groups can they sell, and will there be any seats left unsold?

• 30 groups, 10 seats left unsold

• 50 groups, 5 seats left unsold

• 20 groups, 40 seats left unsold

• 40 groups, no seats left unsold

A farmer has 64 eggs. If he wants to pack them into cartons that hold 12 eggs each, how many cartons will he need, and how many eggs will be left over?

• 4 cartons, 8 eggs left over

• 5 cartons, 4 eggs left over

• 6 cartons, 0 eggs left over

• 3 cartons, 16 eggs left over