Real-Life Division Challenges for Grade 4: Estimate Quotients

A bakery made 240 cookies for a school event. If they want to package the cookies into boxes of 12, how many boxes can they fill? After packing, how many cookies will be left over?

• 18 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 20 boxes, 5 cookies left over

• 22 boxes, 4 cookies left over

• 20 boxes, 0 cookies left over

Sarah has 150 marbles. She wants to share them equally among her 5 friends. How many marbles will each friend get? If Sarah keeps 10 marbles for herself, how many marbles does she have left?

• Each friend gets 35 marbles, and Sarah has 5 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 25 marbles, and Sarah has 15 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 40 marbles, and Sarah has 0 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 30 marbles, and Sarah has 10 marbles left.

A farmer has 1,200 apples. He wants to put them into bags that hold 15 apples each. How many bags can he fill? If he gives away 4 bags, how many apples does he have left?

• 1140 apples

• 1100 apples

• 1200 apples

• 1160 apples

A library has 1,500 books. If they want to arrange the books on shelves with 25 books each, how many shelves will they need? If they have 10 shelves already filled, how many more shelves do they need?

• 60

• 45

• 50

• 40

Tom has 360 stickers. He wants to divide them equally among his 9 friends. How many stickers will each friend receive? If Tom decides to keep 20 stickers for himself, how many does he have left?

• Each friend receives 50 stickers.

• Each friend receives 40 stickers. Tom has 340 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 30 stickers.

• Tom has 350 stickers left.

A toy store has 480 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 20, how many groups can they make? If they sell 3 groups, how many toys are left in the store?

• 360

• 480

• 400

• 420

A teacher has 240 pencils. She wants to give them to her 8 students equally. How many pencils will each student receive? If she keeps 10 pencils for herself, how many does she have left?

• Each student receives 20 pencils, and the teacher has 30 pencils left.

• Each student receives 40 pencils, and the teacher has 5 pencils left.

• Each student receives 30 pencils, and the teacher has 10 pencils left.

• Each student receives 25 pencils, and the teacher has 15 pencils left.

A pizza shop made 300 slices of pizza. If they want to put the slices into boxes of 15, how many boxes can they fill? If they sell 5 boxes, how many slices are left?

• 210 slices

• 300 slices

• 250 slices

• 225 slices

A school has 1,200 crayons. If they want to distribute them equally among 30 classrooms, how many crayons will each classroom receive? If 5 classrooms need extra crayons and take 10 more each, how many crayons are left?

• 50

• 0

• 10

• 100

A gardener has 540 flowers. If he wants to plant them in rows of 18, how many rows can he plant? If he decides to give away 3 rows, how many flowers does he have left?

• 486

• 27

• 540

• 4860