Real-Life Division with Remainders: A 4th Grade Challenge

A baker has 25 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 6. How many full boxes can he pack, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

• 2 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

There are 43 students in a class, and they need to be divided into groups of 5 for a project. How many full groups can be formed, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 8 full groups and 3 students left without a group.

• 7 full groups and 6 students left without a group.

• 8 full groups and 5 students left without a group.

• 9 full groups and 2 students left without a group.

A farmer has 58 apples and wants to put them into bags of 8. How many full bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 5 full bags and 3 apples remain

• 7 full bags and 2 apples remain

• 6 full bags and 6 apples remain

• 8 full bags and no apples remain

A toy store has 37 toy cars and wants to display them in rows of 4. How many complete rows can they make, and how many cars will be left over?

• 8 complete rows and 5 cars left over

• 10 complete rows and 2 cars left over

• 9 complete rows and 1 car left over

• 7 complete rows and 3 cars left over

A library has 90 books and wants to organize them into shelves that can hold 12 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left?

• 6 shelves completely filled, 12 books left

• 8 shelves completely filled, 0 books left

• 7 shelves completely filled, 6 books left

• 5 shelves completely filled, 15 books left

A teacher has 75 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 9 students. How many pencils will each student get, and how many pencils will be left over?

• Each student gets 9 pencils, 0 pencils left over.

• Each student gets 7 pencils, 6 pencils left over.

• Each student gets 8 pencils, 4 pencils left over.

• Each student gets 8 pencils, 3 pencils left over.

A gardener has 82 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 10. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left?

• 8 full rows and 10 flowers left

• 8 full rows and 2 flowers left

• 7 full rows and 12 flowers left

• 9 full rows and 1 flower left

A pizza shop made 56 slices of pizza and wants to serve them in boxes that hold 8 slices each. How many full boxes can they fill, and how many slices will be left?

• 5 full boxes, 6 slices left

• 7 full boxes, 0 slices left

• 8 full boxes, 0 slices left

• 6 full boxes, 2 slices left

A concert hall has 120 seats and wants to arrange them in rows of 15. How many complete rows can they create, and how many seats will be left over?

• 7 complete rows and 5 seats left over.

• 6 complete rows and 6 seats left over.

• 9 complete rows and 3 seats left over.

• 8 complete rows and 0 seats left over.

A school has 99 notebooks and wants to give them out in packs of 7. How many full packs can they distribute, and how many notebooks will remain?

• 13 full packs and 2 notebooks remain

• 14 full packs and 1 notebook remain

• 12 full packs and 3 notebooks remain

• 15 full packs and 4 notebooks remain