Real-Life Division Challenges: Remainders Included!

A baker has 29 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 5. How many full boxes can he make, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 6 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 4 full boxes and 9 cookies left over

• 5 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

• 3 full boxes and 14 cookies left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

There are 47 students going on a field trip. If each bus can hold 8 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 5 buses needed, 7 students left without a seat.

• 5 buses needed, 2 students left without a seat.

• 6 buses needed, 5 students left without a seat.

• 4 buses needed, 3 students left without a seat.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A farmer has 85 apples and wants to divide them equally into bags of 6. How many full bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 13 full bags and 2 apples remaining

• 15 full bags and 5 apples remaining

• 14 full bags and 1 apple remaining

• 12 full bags and 3 apples remaining

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

In a library, there are 123 books that need to be placed on shelves. If each shelf can hold 10 books, how many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 12 shelves completely filled, 3 books left over

• 12 shelves completely filled, 1 book left over

• 10 shelves completely filled, 13 books left over

• 11 shelves completely filled, 2 books left over

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A toy store has 56 toy cars and wants to arrange them in groups of 9. How many complete groups can they make, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 4 complete groups and 8 toy cars left

• 7 complete groups and 1 toy car left

• 6 complete groups and 2 toy cars left

• 5 complete groups and 6 toy cars left

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A teacher has 75 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 8 students. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many pencils will be left over?

• Each student receives 10 pencils, and 5 pencils are left over.

• Each student receives 8 pencils, and 7 pencils are left over.

• Each student receives 9 pencils, and 3 pencils are left over.

• Each student receives 6 pencils, and 15 pencils are left over.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A gardener has 92 flowers to plant in rows of 7. How many complete rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left unplanted?

• 13 complete rows and 1 flower left unplanted.

• 12 complete rows and 4 flowers left unplanted.

• 14 complete rows and 0 flowers left unplanted.

• 11 complete rows and 5 flowers left unplanted.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A concert hall has 150 seats. If 37 tickets have been sold, how many seats are still available, and how many people would need to be turned away if the hall were full?

• 100 available seats, 5 people turned away

• 80 available seats, 20 people turned away

• 113 available seats, 0 people turned away

• 120 available seats, 10 people turned away

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.7

CCSS.3.NBT.A.2

A group of friends has 63 candies to share equally. If they want to give each friend 10 candies, how many friends can receive candies, and how many candies will be left?

• 5 friends can receive candies, 8 candies will be left.

• 7 friends can receive candies, 1 candy will be left.

• 6 friends can receive candies, 3 candies will be left.

• 4 friends can receive candies, 23 candies will be left.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A school is organizing a sports day and has 200 water bottles. If each team needs 12 bottles, how many teams can be supplied, and how many bottles will remain?

• 18 teams can be supplied, with 4 bottles remaining.

• 16 teams can be supplied, with 8 bottles remaining.

• 15 teams can be supplied, with 10 bottles remaining.

• 14 teams can be supplied, with 12 bottles remaining.

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2