Division Word Problems: Remainders for 3rd Grade Fun!

There are 25 apples and 4 baskets. If you want to divide the apples equally among the baskets, how many apples will each basket get, and how many will be left over?

• Each basket gets 8 apples, and 1 apple will be left over.

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

• Each basket gets 7 apples, and no apples will be left over.

• Each basket gets 6 apples, and 1 apple will be left over.

A teacher has 36 pencils and wants to give them to 5 students. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many pencils will be left?

• Each student receives 5 pencils, and 6 pencils are left.

• Each student receives 7 pencils, and 1 pencil is left.

• Each student receives 8 pencils, and 0 pencils are left.

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

Lily has 48 stickers. She wants to share them equally with her 7 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will Lily have left?

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and Lily has 8 left.

• Each friend gets 7 stickers, and Lily has 0 left.

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and Lily has 12 left.

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and Lily has 6 left.

A farmer has 55 oranges and wants to pack them into boxes that hold 8 oranges each. How many full boxes can he pack, and how many oranges will be left over?

• 7 full boxes and 1 orange left over

• 5 full boxes and 15 oranges left over

• 6 full boxes and 7 oranges left over

• 6 full boxes and 8 oranges left over

In a library, there are 63 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?

• 7 shelves completely filled, 1 book left over

• 6 shelves completely filled, 3 books left over

• 5 shelves completely filled, 8 books left over

• 6 shelves completely filled, 4 books left over

A baker made 74 cookies and wants to put them into boxes of 12 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will remain?

• 6 boxes, 6 cookies remain

• 6 boxes, 2 cookies remain

• 7 boxes, 0 cookies remain

• 5 boxes, 4 cookies remain

There are 90 students in a school and they are going on a field trip. If each bus can carry 15 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 5 buses, 5 students left without a seat

• 6 buses, 3 students left without a seat

• 6 buses, 0 students left without a seat

• 7 buses, 0 students left without a seat

A gardener has 82 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 9. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 9 full rows and 1 flower left over

• 10 full rows and 2 flowers left over

• 7 full rows and 5 flowers left over

• 8 full rows and 10 flowers left over

A toy store has 57 toy cars. If they want to display them in groups of 10, how many groups can they make, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 5 groups, 5 toy cars left

• 4 groups, 17 toy cars left

• 6 groups, 3 toy cars left

• 5 groups, 7 toy cars left

Sam has 100 marbles and wants to share them with his 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will Sam have left?

• Each friend gets 16 marbles, and Sam has 4 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 15 marbles, and Sam has 10 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 17 marbles, and Sam has 2 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 20 marbles, and Sam has no marbles left.