Division Riddles: Remainders & Estimations for 4th Graders

A bakery made 1,256 cookies. If they want to pack them into boxes of 12, how many full boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 102 full boxes and 12 cookies left over

• 103 full boxes and 10 cookies left over

• 105 full boxes and 6 cookies left over

• 104 full boxes and 8 cookies left over

There are 2,345 students in a school. If the students are divided into groups of 25 for a field trip, how many full groups will there be and how many students will not be in a group?

• 93 full groups and 20 students not in a group.

• 90 full groups and 45 students not in a group.

• 94 full groups and 15 students not in a group.

• 92 full groups and 25 students not in a group.

A farmer has 3,678 apples and wants to put them into bags of 30. How many full bags can he make and how many apples will remain?

• 125 bags, 28 apples remaining

• 130 bags, 18 apples remaining

• 120 bags, 30 apples remaining

• 122 bags, 18 apples remaining

A library has 4,512 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 40 books each, how many shelves will be completely filled and how many books will be left over?

• 112 shelves filled, 40 books left over

• 114 shelves filled, 12 books left over

• 113 shelves filled, 20 books left over

• 113 shelves filled, 32 books left over

A toy store received a shipment of 2,400 toys. If they want to display them in sets of 15, how many complete sets can they create and how many toys will be left?

• 160 complete sets and 15 toys left

• 150 complete sets and 10 toys left

• 160 complete sets and 0 toys left

• 170 complete sets and 5 toys left

A school is organizing a sports day with 1,800 participants. If they want to form teams of 12, how many teams can they form and how many participants will be left without a team?

• 149 teams, 2 participants left

• 150 teams, 12 participants left

• 151 teams, 6 participants left

• 150 teams, 0 participants left

A concert hall has 3,250 seats. If they sell tickets in groups of 50, how many groups of tickets can they sell and how many seats will remain unsold?

• 64 groups, 10 seats remain unsold

• 66 groups, 5 seats remain unsold

• 63 groups, 25 seats remain unsold

• 65 groups, 0 seats remain unsold

A factory produces 5,678 widgets. If they package them in boxes of 100, how many full boxes can they create and how many widgets will be left over?

• 56 full boxes and 78 widgets left over

• 56 full boxes and 80 widgets left over

• 57 full boxes and 68 widgets left over

• 55 full boxes and 78 widgets left over

A zoo has 2,987 visitors in a day. If they want to divide them into groups of 20 for a tour, how many full groups will there be and how many visitors will not be in a group?

• 149 full groups and 7 visitors not in a group.

• 149 full groups and 8 visitors not in a group.

• 150 full groups and 5 visitors not in a group.

• 148 full groups and 17 visitors not in a group.

A school has 4,200 pencils. If they want to distribute them equally among 35 classrooms, how many pencils will each classroom receive and how many will be left over?

• Each classroom receives 130 pencils and there are 10 pencils left over.

• Each classroom receives 100 pencils and there are 20 pencils left over.

• Each classroom receives 110 pencils and there are 5 pencils left over.

• Each classroom receives 120 pencils and there are 0 pencils left over.