Dividing Numbers: Remainders and Fractions for 5th Graders

1. Sarah has 24 apples and wants to divide them equally among her 5 friends. How many apples will each friend get, and how many will be left over?

• Each friend gets 4 apples, and 4 apples will be left over.

• Each friend gets 6 apples, and 0 apples will be left over.

• Each friend gets 5 apples, and 0 apples will be left over.

• Each friend gets 3 apples, and 9 apples will be left over.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

2. A recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need in total?

• 1.5 cups

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

3. A baker made 36 cookies and packed them into boxes of 8. How many full boxes did he pack, and how many cookies were left over?

• 5 full boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 3 full boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 2 full boxes, 12 cookies left over

• 4 full boxes, 4 cookies left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

4. If a car travels 150 miles on 5 gallons of gas, how many miles can it travel per gallon? Convert your answer to a decimal.

• 35.0

• 40.0

• 30.0

• 25.0

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.1

CCSS.6.RP.A.2

5. Emma read 2/5 of a book in one day. If the book has 200 pages, how many pages did she read?

• 40

• 80

• 60

• 100

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

6. A farmer has 45 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons of 6. How many full cartons can he fill, and how many eggs will be left over?

• 7 full cartons and 3 eggs left over

• 6 full cartons and 9 eggs left over

• 8 full cartons and 1 egg left over

• 5 full cartons and 5 eggs left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

7. If a pizza is cut into 8 equal slices and you eat 3 slices, what fraction of the pizza is left? Convert that fraction to a decimal.

• 3/8, 0.375

• 1/2, 0.5

• 5/8, 0.625

• 6/8, 0.75

8. A school has 120 students and wants to divide them into groups of 7 for a project. How many full groups can they form, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 17 full groups and 1 student left without a group

• 18 full groups and no students left without a group

• 15 full groups and 5 students left without a group

• 16 full groups and 2 students left without a group

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

9. A bottle holds 1/2 gallon of juice. If you have 3 bottles, how many gallons of juice do you have in total?

• 2 gallons

• 3 gallons

• 1.5 gallons

• 0.5 gallons

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

10. If a gardener plants 56 flowers in rows of 9, how many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 6 full rows and 2 flowers left over

• 8 full rows and no flowers left over

• 5 full rows and 6 flowers left over

• 7 full rows and 1 flower left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6