Grade 5 Math: Remainders & Equations in Word Problems

A bakery made 125 cookies. If they are packed in boxes of 12, how many boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 9 boxes, 7 cookies left over

• 8 boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 11 boxes, 3 cookies left over

• 10 boxes, 5 cookies left over

A farmer has 250 apples. He wants to pack them into bags of 15. How many full bags can he make and how many apples will remain?

• 15 full bags and 25 apples remain

• 17 full bags and 5 apples remain

• 14 full bags and 20 apples remain

• 16 full bags and 10 apples remain

In a classroom, there are 32 students. If the teacher wants to arrange them in groups of 5, how many complete groups can be formed and how many students will be left out?

• 5 complete groups and 7 students left out.

• 6 complete groups and 2 students left out.

• 6 complete groups and 1 student left out.

• 4 complete groups and 12 students left out.

A toy store has 87 toy cars. If they are sold in sets of 10, how many complete sets can be sold and how many toy cars will be left?

• 7 complete sets and 3 toy cars left

• 8 complete sets and 7 toy cars left

• 6 complete sets and 17 toy cars left

• 9 complete sets and 8 toy cars left

A library has 450 books. If they want to display them on shelves that hold 8 books each, how many shelves will be completely filled and how many books will be left over?

• 57 shelves completely filled, 3 books left over

• 54 shelves completely filled, 6 books left over

• 55 shelves completely filled, 5 books left over

• 56 shelves completely filled, 4 books left over

A concert hall has 1,200 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 25, how many full groups of tickets can be sold and how many seats will remain?

• 47 full groups, 5 seats remain

• 49 full groups, 25 seats remain

• 50 full groups, 0 seats remain

• 48 full groups, 0 seats remain

A school is organizing a field trip for 150 students. If they can fit 30 students on each bus, how many buses will they need and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 5 buses, 5 students left without a seat

• 6 buses, 0 students left without a seat

• 5 buses, 0 students left without a seat

• 4 buses, 10 students left without a seat

A gardener has 95 plants. If he wants to plant them in rows of 10, how many full rows can he plant and how many plants will be left over?

• 8 full rows and 7 plants left over

• 10 full rows and 0 plants left over

• 9 full rows and 6 plants left over

• 9 full rows and 5 plants left over

A factory produces 1,000 toys. If they are packaged in boxes of 20, how many boxes will be completely filled and how many toys will be left?

• 50 boxes completely filled, 5 toys left

• 50 boxes completely filled, 0 toys left

• 51 boxes completely filled, 5 toys left

• 49 boxes completely filled, 10 toys left

A sports team has 45 players. If they want to divide them into teams of 7, how many complete teams can they form and how many players will be left out?

• 7 complete teams and 1 player left out

• 6 complete teams and 0 players left out

• 5 complete teams and 10 players left out

• 6 complete teams and 3 players left out