Mastering Multi-Step Division & Remainders in Word Problems

A bakery made 120 cookies. If they packed them into boxes of 8 cookies each, how many full boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 16 full boxes and 0 cookies left over

• 12 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

• 15 full boxes and 0 cookies left over

• 14 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

Sarah has 250 marbles. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many marbles will be left with Sarah?

• Each friend gets 41 marbles, and Sarah has 4 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 39 marbles, and Sarah has 6 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 42 marbles, and Sarah has 2 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 40 marbles, and Sarah has 10 marbles left.

A farmer has 450 apples. He wants to put them into bags that can hold 12 apples each. How many full bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 36 full bags and 8 apples remain.

• 35 full bags and 10 apples remain.

• 38 full bags and 2 apples remain.

• 37 full bags and 6 apples remain.

In a library, there are 1,200 books. If each shelf can hold 15 books, how many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 78 shelves completely filled, 2 books left over

• 82 shelves completely filled, 3 books left over

• 80 shelves completely filled, 0 books left over

• 75 shelves completely filled, 5 books left over

A school is organizing a field trip for 350 students. If each bus can carry 45 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 6 buses needed, 20 students left without a seat.

• 8 buses needed, 10 students left without a seat.

• 9 buses needed, 5 students left without a seat.

• 7 buses needed, 15 students left without a seat.

Tom has 1,000 stickers. He wants to give them to his 9 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend receive, and how many stickers will Tom have left?

• Each friend receives 100 stickers, and Tom has 10 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 111 stickers, and Tom has 1 sticker left.

• Each friend receives 90 stickers, and Tom has 10 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 125 stickers, and Tom has 5 stickers left.

A toy store has 275 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 25, how many complete groups can they make, and how many toys will be left over?

• 10 complete groups, 5 toys left over

• 11 complete groups, 0 toys left over

• 12 complete groups, 1 toy left over

• 9 complete groups, 20 toys left over

A concert hall has 1,500 seats. If 37 rows of seats are filled with 40 seats each, how many seats are filled, and how many seats are still available?

• 1480 filled seats, 20 available seats

• 1400 filled seats, 100 available seats

• 1500 filled seats, 0 available seats

• 1450 filled seats, 50 available seats

A gardener has 1,200 seeds. If he plants them in rows of 30 seeds each, how many full rows can he plant, and how many seeds will be left?

• 38 full rows and 20 seeds left

• 41 full rows and 5 seeds left

• 39 full rows and 10 seeds left

• 40 full rows and 0 seeds left

A sports team has 450 water bottles. If they want to distribute them equally among 14 players, how many bottles will each player receive, and how many bottles will remain?

• Each player receives 32 bottles, and 2 bottles remain.

• Each player receives 33 bottles, and 1 bottle remains.

• Each player receives 30 bottles, and 0 bottles remain.

• Each player receives 31 bottles, and 3 bottles remain.