Mastering Multiplication & Remainders: Grade 5 Challenge

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?

• 9 boxes, no apples left over

• 8 boxes, no apples left over

• 7 boxes, 1 apple left over

• 6 boxes, 2 apples left over

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students. If each bus can carry 25 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a bus?

• 4 buses needed, 10 students left without a bus.

• 5 buses needed, no students left without a bus.

• 3 buses needed, 15 students left without a bus.

• 4 buses needed, 20 students left without a bus.

A baker makes 5 dozen cookies. If he sells them in packs of 8, how many packs can he sell, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 5 packs, 0 cookies left over

• 6 packs, 2 cookies left over

• 7 packs, 4 cookies left over

• 8 packs, 1 cookie left over

A library has 250 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 10 books each, how many shelves will they need, and will there be any books left over?

• 25 shelves, 0 books left over

• 24 shelves, 2 books left over

• 20 shelves, 10 books left over

• 26 shelves, 5 books left over

A gardener plants 36 rows of flowers with 4 flowers in each row. How many flowers did he plant in total?

• 120

• 150

• 144

• 100

A toy store has 150 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 12, how many groups can they make, and how many toys will be left over?

• 12 groups, 6 toys left over

• 12 groups, 12 toys left over

• 10 groups, 10 toys left over

• 15 groups, 0 toys left over

A pizza shop sells pizzas for $12 each. If a customer buys 5 pizzas, how much will they spend in total?

• $100

• $75

• $60

• $50

A teacher has 45 markers and wants to distribute them equally among 9 students. How many markers will each student receive, and will there be any markers left?

• Each student will receive 5 markers, and there will be 2 markers left.

• Each student will receive 6 markers, and there will be 3 markers left.

• Each student will receive 4 markers, and there will be 1 marker left.

• Each student will receive 5 markers, and there will be no markers left.

A concert hall has 300 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 25, how many groups of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will remain empty?

• 10 groups, 25 seats remain empty

• 12 groups, 0 seats remain empty

• 15 groups, 0 seats remain empty

• 12 groups, 25 seats remain empty

A factory produces 240 toys in a day. If they want to pack them into boxes of 20 toys each, how many boxes will they fill, and will there be any toys left over?

• 12 boxes, 5 toys left over

• 10 boxes, 4 toys left over

• 15 boxes, no toys left over

• 12 boxes, no toys left over