Mastering Long Division: Word Problems with Remainders

A bakery has 256 cookies to package into boxes. If each box can hold 12 cookies, how many full boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 20 full boxes and 6 cookies left over

• 21 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

• 19 full boxes and 8 cookies left over

• 22 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

A school is organizing a field trip for 145 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed and how many students will be left without a seat?

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

• 4 buses needed, 25 students left without a seat.

• 3 buses needed, 35 students left without a seat.

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

There are 375 apples that need to be divided equally among 25 baskets. How many apples will each basket contain, and will there be any apples left over?

• Each basket will contain 15 apples, and there will be no apples left over.

• Each basket will contain 10 apples, and there will be 25 apples left over.

• Each basket will contain 12 apples, and there will be 3 apples left over.

• Each basket will contain 20 apples, and there will be 5 apples left over.

A farmer has 482 carrots and wants to pack them into bags of 15 carrots each. How many full bags can he make, and how many carrots will remain?

• 31 full bags and 7 carrots remain

• 30 full bags and 12 carrots remain

• 32 full bags and 2 carrots remain

• 33 full bags and 1 carrot remains

A library has 1,234 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 40 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 32 shelves filled, 4 books left over

• 30 shelves filled, 34 books left over

• 31 shelves filled, 23 books left over

• 29 shelves filled, 44 books left over

A toy store received a shipment of 1,050 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?

• 43 complete groups, 5 toys left

• 41 complete groups, 5 toys left

• 42 complete groups, 0 toys left

• 40 complete groups, 10 toys left

A concert hall has 1,200 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 8, how many complete groups of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will remain unsold?

• 150 groups, 8 seats remaining

• 150 groups, 0 seats remaining

• 149 groups, 4 seats remaining

• 151 groups, 0 seats remaining

A gardener has 1,500 seeds to plant in rows of 20. How many complete rows can he plant, and how many seeds will be left over?

• 75 complete rows and 0 seeds left over

• 75 complete rows and 25 seeds left over

• 70 complete rows and 10 seeds left over

• 80 complete rows and 5 seeds left over

A factory produces 2,345 widgets and wants to package them in boxes of 50. How many full boxes can they fill, and how many widgets will be left?

• 47 full boxes and 35 widgets left

• 45 full boxes and 55 widgets left

• 46 full boxes and 50 widgets left

• 46 full boxes and 45 widgets left

A sports team has 1,875 fans attending a game. If they want to arrange them in rows of 15, how many complete rows can they form, and how many fans will be left without a seat?

• 120 complete rows, 15 fans left without a seat

• 130 complete rows, 5 fans left without a seat

• 100 complete rows, 75 fans left without a seat

• 125 complete rows, 0 fans left without a seat