Real-Life Division: Remainders in Everyday Problems

A baker has 56 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 8. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 7 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 5 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 8 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 6 boxes, 2 cookies left over

A teacher has 45 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 6 students. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many will remain?

• Each student receives 7 pencils, and 3 pencils remain.

• Each student receives 7 pencils, and 5 pencils remain.

• Each student receives 8 pencils, and 1 pencil remains.

• Each student receives 6 pencils, and 9 pencils remain.

A farmer has 120 apples and wants to sell them in bags of 10. How many bags can he fill, and how many apples will he have left?

• 15 bags, 0 apples left

• 12 bags, 5 apples left

• 10 bags, 10 apples left

• 12 bags, 0 apples left

A library has 250 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 25 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 9 shelves completely filled, 1 book left over

• 11 shelves completely filled, 5 books left over

• 10 shelves completely filled, 5 books left over

• 10 shelves completely filled, 0 books left over

A concert hall has 300 seats and sells tickets in groups of 12. How many full groups of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will be empty?

• 26 full groups, 6 empty seats

• 20 full groups, 60 empty seats

• 24 full groups, 12 empty seats

• 25 full groups, 0 empty seats

A gardener has 72 plants and wants to plant them in rows of 9. How many rows can he create, and how many plants will be left?

• 7 rows, 1 plant left

• 8 rows, 0 plants left

• 6 rows, 6 plants left

• 9 rows, 3 plants left

A school is organizing a field trip for 150 students and wants to arrange them into buses that hold 30 students each. How many buses will be needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

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

• 6 buses needed, 0 students left without a seat.

• 5 buses needed, 0 students left without a seat.

• 5 buses needed, 10 students left without a seat.

A chef has 84 ingredients and wants to divide them into containers that hold 14 ingredients each. How many containers will he fill, and how many ingredients will be left over?

• 7 containers filled, 2 ingredients left over

• 6 containers filled, 0 ingredients left over

• 5 containers filled, 4 ingredients left over

• 6 containers filled, 1 ingredient left over

A toy store has 95 toys and wants to display them in groups of 10. How many complete groups can they make, and how many toys will be left ungrouped?

• 7 complete groups and 15 toys left ungrouped

• 9 complete groups and 5 toys left ungrouped

• 8 complete groups and 7 toys left ungrouped

• 10 complete groups and 0 toys left ungrouped

A sports team has 64 players and wants to form teams of 8 players each. How many teams can they form, and how many players will not be on a team?

• 7 teams, 1 player not on a team

• 9 teams, 0 players not on a team

• 8 teams, 8 players not on a team

• 8 teams, 0 players not on a team