Decimal Division: Remainders & Real-World Problems

A baker made 12.5 dozen cookies. If he packs them into boxes that hold 2.5 dozen each, how many boxes does he need? Interpret any remainder in the context of leftover cookies.

• 5 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 3 boxes

• 6 boxes

Sarah has 15.75 meters of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are 2.5 meters long. How many full pieces can she cut, and how much ribbon will be left over?

• 6 pieces, 0.75 meters left over

• 6 pieces, 1 meter left over

• 5 pieces, 1.25 meters left over

• 7 pieces, 1.25 meters left over

A farmer harvested 45.6 liters of milk from his cows. If he wants to distribute it equally into containers that hold 3.2 liters each, how many containers will he fill completely, and how much milk will remain?

• 14 containers filled completely, 0.8 liters remaining

• 13 containers filled completely, 1.6 liters remaining

• 14 containers filled completely, 1.0 liters remaining

• 15 containers filled completely, 1.2 liters remaining

A school is organizing a field trip and has 28.5 tickets to distribute among 4 classes. How many tickets will each class receive, and how many tickets will be left over?

• Each class receives 7 tickets, and 0.5 tickets are left over.

• Each class receives 7 tickets, and 1 ticket is left over.

• Each class receives 6 tickets, and 2.5 tickets are left over.

• Each class receives 8 tickets, and 0 tickets are left over.

Tom bought 9.8 pounds of apples. If he wants to divide them equally into bags that can hold 1.6 pounds each, how many bags will he fill, and how much will be left over?

• Tom will fill 7 bags and have 0.4 pounds left over.

• Tom will fill 8 bags and have 0.6 pounds left over.

• Tom will fill 5 bags and have 1.8 pounds left over.

• Tom will fill 6 bags and have 0.2 pounds left over.

A library has 75.5 books to distribute equally on 5 shelves. How many books will each shelf hold, and how many books will be left without a shelf?

• Each shelf will hold 14 books, and 1.5 books will be left without a shelf.

• Each shelf will hold 16 books, and 0 books will be left without a shelf.

• Each shelf will hold 15 books, and 1 book will be left without a shelf.

• Each shelf will hold 15 books, and 0.5 books will be left without a shelf.

Emma has 20.4 liters of juice. If she pours it into cups that hold 2.1 liters each, how many cups can she fill completely, and how much juice will be left over?

• 9 cups completely filled, 1.5 liters left over

• 10 cups completely filled, 0.4 liters left over

• 8 cups completely filled, 2.0 liters left over

• 7 cups completely filled, 3.0 liters left over

A toy store received a shipment of 56.25 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 7.5 toys each, how many groups can they create, and how many toys will be left over?

• 5 groups, 3 toys left over

• 8 groups, 2 toys left over

• 6 groups, 1 toy left over

• 7 groups, 0 toys left over

A gardener has 33.6 square meters of soil to plant flowers. If each flower bed requires 4.2 square meters, how many full flower beds can he plant, and how much soil will remain?

• 7 full flower beds, 1.2 square meters of soil remaining

• 6 full flower beds, 2.4 square meters of soil remaining

• 8 full flower beds, 0 square meters of soil remaining

• 9 full flower beds, 0.6 square meters of soil remaining

A restaurant has 18.75 pounds of pasta. If they serve it in portions of 2.5 pounds each, how many full portions can they serve, and how much pasta will be left over?

• 6 full portions, 3.75 pounds left over

• 8 full portions, 0.25 pounds left over

• 5 full portions, 4.75 pounds left over

• 7 full portions, 1.25 pounds left over