Division Challenges: Sharing & Remainders in Grade 3

There are 25 apples and 5 baskets. How many apples are in each basket?

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A teacher has 18 pencils and wants to give them equally to 4 students. How many pencils will each student get, and how many will be left over?

• Each student gets 6 pencils, and no pencils will be left over.

• Each student gets 4 pencils, and 4 pencils will be left over.

• Each student gets 4 pencils, and 2 pencils will be left over.

• Each student gets 5 pencils, and 3 pencils will be left over.

A farmer has 30 eggs and packs them into cartons of 6. How many cartons does he fill?

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Lily has 14 stickers and wants to share them with her 3 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will Lily have left?

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and Lily has 0 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 4 stickers, and Lily has 2 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 4 stickers, and Lily has 4 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 3 stickers, and Lily has 5 stickers left.

A baker made 40 cookies and wants to put them in boxes of 8. How many boxes can he fill?

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There are 22 students in a class and they are divided into groups of 5. How many groups can be formed, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 5 groups, 1 student left without a group

• 4 groups, 0 students left without a group

• 3 groups, 7 students left without a group

• 4 groups, 2 students left without a group

A library has 45 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 9 books each. How many shelves will be needed?

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Tom has 17 marbles and wants to share them with 4 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will Tom keep?

• Each friend gets 5 marbles, and Tom keeps 2 marbles.

• Each friend gets 3 marbles, and Tom keeps 2 marbles.

• Each friend gets 4 marbles, and Tom keeps 2 marbles.

• Each friend gets 4 marbles, and Tom keeps 1 marble.

A gardener has 36 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 6. How many rows can he plant?

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A toy store has 50 toys and wants to display them in groups of 10. How many groups will they have?

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