Mastering Division: Remainders & Checking Solutions

A baker has 24 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes. If each box holds 6 cookies, how many boxes can he fill? What is the remainder?

• 4 boxes, remainder 2

• 4 boxes, remainder 0

• 3 boxes, remainder 0

• 5 boxes, remainder 4

A teacher has 45 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 9 students. How many pencils will each student receive?

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 4

A farmer has 50 apples and wants to put them into bags of 5 apples each. How many bags can he fill? Is there any remainder?

• 12 bags, no apples left

• 8 bags, 2 apples left

• 10 bags, no remainder

• 9 bags, 1 apple left

A library has 72 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 8 books per shelf. How many shelves will be completely filled?

• 10

• 9

• 8

• 7

A group of friends bought 36 balloons to share equally. If there are 4 friends, how many balloons does each friend get? Is there a remainder?

• Each friend gets 10 balloons, and there is no remainder.

• Each friend gets 8 balloons, and there is a remainder of 4.

• Each friend gets 7 balloons, and there is a remainder of 2.

• Each friend gets 9 balloons, and there is no remainder.

A gardener has 90 seeds and wants to plant them in rows of 10. How many rows can he plant? What is the remainder of seeds left?

• 9 rows, 0 seeds left

• 10 rows, 0 seeds left

• 8 rows, 2 seeds left

• 7 rows, 3 seeds left

A toy store has 56 toys and wants to display them in groups of 7. How many groups can they make? Is there any toy left over?

• 10 groups, no toys left over

• 6 groups, 2 toys left over

• 7 groups, 1 toy left over

• 8 groups, no toys left over

A chef has 81 cupcakes and wants to place them in boxes of 9. How many boxes will he need? Is there a remainder?

• 10 boxes, 2 remaining

• 9 boxes, no remainder

• 8 boxes, no remainder

• 7 boxes, 3 remaining

A sports team has 64 water bottles to share among 8 players. How many water bottles does each player get? Is there any left?

• Each player gets 8 water bottles and there are no left.

• Each player gets 7 water bottles and there are 2 left.

• Each player gets 6 water bottles and there are 8 left.

• Each player gets 10 water bottles and there are 4 left.

A concert hall has 100 seats and sells tickets in groups of 5. How many groups of tickets can they sell? What is the remainder of unsold tickets?

• 20 groups, 0 unsold tickets

• 10 groups, 10 unsold tickets

• 25 groups, 0 unsold tickets

• 15 groups, 5 unsold tickets