Grade 3 Division Word Problems: Remainders & Divisors

A bakery made 256 cookies. If they want to pack them into boxes of 8 cookies each, how many boxes can they fill? Identify the dividend and divisor.

• 28

• 30

• 32

• 34

There are 432 apples in a storage room. If each basket can hold 9 apples, how many baskets are needed? What is the remainder if there are any apples left over?

• 48 baskets, remainder 0

• 47 baskets, remainder 3

• 50 baskets, remainder 2

• 45 baskets, remainder 1

A school has 375 pencils. If each student gets 5 pencils, how many students can receive pencils? What is the remainder?

• 60 students, remainder 15

• 75 students, remainder 0

• 70 students, remainder 5

• 80 students, remainder 0

A farmer has 648 strawberries. He wants to sell them in packs of 6. How many packs can he make? What is the remainder of strawberries left?

• 108 packs, 0 strawberries left

• 110 packs, 3 strawberries left

• 90 packs, 18 strawberries left

• 100 packs, 8 strawberries left

A toy store has 512 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 4, how many groups can they create? Is there a remainder?

• 128 groups, no remainder

• 100 groups, no remainder

• 130 groups, with a remainder

• 120 groups, no remainder

A library has 825 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 5 books each, how many shelves will they need? What is the remainder?

• 165 shelves, remainder 1

• 164 shelves, remainder 1

• 165 shelves, remainder 0

• 166 shelves, remainder 2

A pet shop has 234 fish. If they want to put them in tanks with 3 fish each, how many tanks will they fill? Is there a remainder?

• 79 tanks, no remainder

• 77 tanks, 1 fish left

• 78 tanks, no remainder

• 80 tanks, 2 fish left

A candy factory produced 987 candies. If they are packaged in bags of 7, how many bags can they fill? What is the remainder?

• 143 bags, remainder 2

• 141 bags, remainder 0

• 142 bags, remainder 3

• 140 bags, remainder 1

A gardener has 456 flowers. If he plants them in rows of 6, how many rows can he plant? Is there a remainder?

• 77 rows, 2 flowers remaining

• 75 rows, no remainder

• 76 rows, no remainder

• 80 rows, 16 flowers remaining

A sports store has 672 baseballs. If they want to pack them in boxes of 8, how many boxes can they fill? What is the remainder of baseballs left?

• 84 boxes, 0 remainder

• 85 boxes, 1 remainder

• 90 boxes, 4 remainder

• 80 boxes, 2 remainder