Multi-Step Division & Remainders: Fun Math Challenges

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

• 8 boxes, 0 apples left over

• 7 boxes, 1 apple left over

• 6 boxes, 6 apples left over

• 9 boxes, 0 apples left over

Sarah has 36 candies. She wants to share them equally among her 4 friends. How many candies will each friend get, and how many will be left with Sarah?

• Each friend gets 8 candies, and Sarah has 4 candies left.

• Each friend gets 7 candies, and Sarah has 4 candies left.

• Each friend gets 10 candies, and Sarah has 4 candies left.

• Each friend gets 9 candies, and Sarah has 0 candies left.

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed, and will there be any students left without a seat?

• 3 buses, 10 students left without a seat.

• 5 buses, no students left without a seat.

• 4 buses, no students left without a seat.

• 4 buses, 5 students left without a seat.

Tom bought 5 packs of stickers. Each pack contains 12 stickers. How many stickers does Tom have in total? If he gives away 15 stickers, how many will he have left?

• 50

• 60

• 45

• 30

A bakery made 250 cookies. They want to package them in boxes of 10. How many boxes can they fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 25 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 26 boxes, 4 cookies left over

• 24 boxes, 5 cookies left over

• 20 boxes, 10 cookies left over

Lisa read 3 books each month for 4 months. How many books did she read in total? If she wants to read 2 more books this month, how many books will she have read then?

• 14

• 16

• 12

• 10

A toy store has 75 toy cars. If they sell them in sets of 5, how many sets can they sell, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 10 sets, 5 toy cars left

• 12 sets, 3 toy cars left

• 15 sets, 0 toy cars left

• 20 sets, 5 toy cars left

In a garden, there are 56 flowers. If each row has 8 flowers, how many complete rows can be made, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 8 complete rows and 0 flowers left over

• 7 complete rows and 0 flowers left over

• 6 complete rows and 8 flowers left over

• 7 complete rows and 1 flower left over

A pizza shop made 90 pizzas for a party. If each table can hold 10 pizzas, how many tables are needed, and will there be any pizzas left over?

• 8 tables, 2 pizzas left over

• 10 tables, no pizzas left over

• 7 tables, 3 pizzas left over

• 9 tables, no pizzas left over

A library has 150 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 25 books each, how many shelves will they need, and how many books will be left without a shelf?

• 7 shelves, 0 books left

• 6 shelves, 10 books left

• 6 shelves, 0 books left

• 5 shelves, 5 books left