Division Word Problems: Sharing & Remainders for 3rd Grade

Sarah has 24 apples. She wants to put them into bags with 6 apples each. How many bags will she need? What will happen to the leftover apples?

• Sarah needs 4 bags and there will be 2 leftover apples.

• Sarah needs 4 bags and there will be no leftover apples.

• Sarah needs 5 bags and there will be 1 leftover apple.

• Sarah needs 3 bags and there will be 3 leftover apples.

A teacher has 30 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 5 students. How many pencils will each student get? Is there a remainder?

• Each student will get 7 pencils and there is no remainder.

• Each student will get 6 pencils and there is a remainder of 1.

• Each student will get 6 pencils and there is no remainder.

• Each student will get 5 pencils and there is a remainder of 5.

Tom has 45 marbles and wants to share them equally with his 8 friends. How many marbles will each friend get? How many marbles will be left over?

• Each friend gets 5 marbles, and 5 marbles will be left over.

• Each friend gets 5 marbles, and 10 marbles will be left over.

• Each friend gets 6 marbles, and 3 marbles will be left over.

• Each friend gets 4 marbles, and 9 marbles will be left over.

There are 50 cookies to be shared among 4 plates. How many cookies will be on each plate? How many cookies will be left after filling the plates?

• 12 cookies on each plate, 2 cookies left.

• 13 cookies on each plate, 1 cookie left.

• 15 cookies on each plate, 0 cookies left.

• 10 cookies on each plate, 10 cookies left.

A farmer has 36 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons that hold 12 eggs each. How many cartons will he fill? Will there be any eggs left over?

• 3 cartons, 1 egg left over

• 3 cartons, no eggs left over

• 2 cartons, 6 eggs left over

• 4 cartons, no eggs left over

Lily has 18 stickers and wants to give them to her 3 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend receive? Will there be any stickers left?

• Each friend will receive 5 stickers and there will be 3 stickers left.

• Each friend will receive 7 stickers and there will be 2 stickers left.

• Each friend will receive 4 stickers and there will be 6 stickers left.

• Each friend will receive 6 stickers and there will be no stickers left.

In a library, there are 64 books that need to be placed on shelves with 8 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled? Will there be any books left over?

• 9 shelves completely filled, 0 books left over.

• 8 shelves completely filled, 0 books left over.

• 7 shelves completely filled, 1 book left over.

• 8 shelves completely filled, 2 books left over.

A baker made 27 cupcakes and wants to box them in boxes of 6. How many full boxes can he make? How many cupcakes will be left without a box?

• 4 full boxes and 4 cupcakes left

• 4 full boxes and 3 cupcakes left

• 5 full boxes and 2 cupcakes left

• 3 full boxes and 6 cupcakes left

A class of 20 students is going on a field trip. If the bus can hold 5 students per row, how many rows will be needed? Will there be any empty seats?

• 5 rows, no empty seats

• 4 rows, 1 empty seat

• 4 rows, no empty seats

• 3 rows, 2 empty seats

Emma has 50 crayons and wants to share them with her 7 friends. How many crayons will each friend get? How many crayons will be left over?

• Each friend gets 6 crayons, 2 crayons left over.

• Each friend gets 7 crayons, 1 crayon left over.

• Each friend gets 5 crayons, 5 crayons left over.

• Each friend gets 8 crayons, no crayons left over.