4th Grade Division: Remainders in Word Problems

A baker has 48 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 6. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 7 boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 8 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 6 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 9 boxes, 0 cookies left over

There are 36 students in a class, and they need to be divided into groups of 4 for a project. How many groups can be formed, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 7 groups, 1 student left

• 8 groups, 4 students left

• 9 groups, 0 students left

• 10 groups, 2 students left

A farmer has 75 apples and wants to distribute them equally among 5 baskets. How many apples will each basket get, and will there be any apples left over?

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

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

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

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

A library has 120 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 10 books each. How many shelves will be needed, and how many books will remain if they can't fill a shelf?

• 11 shelves, 1 book remains

• 12 shelves, 0 books remain

• 10 shelves, 10 books remain

• 13 shelves, 2 books remain

A toy store has 90 toys and wants to give them away in bags of 8. How many full bags can they make, and how many toys will be left?

• 11 full bags and 2 toys left

• 10 full bags and 5 toys left

• 9 full bags and 3 toys left

• 12 full bags and 6 toys left

A school is organizing a field trip for 250 students. If each bus can carry 50 students, how many buses are needed, and will there be any students left without a bus?

• 6 buses, no students left without a bus

• 4 buses, 10 students left without a bus

• 5 buses, no students left without a bus

• 5 buses, 25 students left without a bus

A pizza shop made 64 pizzas for a party. If each table can hold 8 pizzas, how many tables can be filled, and how many pizzas will be left over?

• 8 tables filled, 0 pizzas left over

• 7 tables filled, 1 pizza left over

• 9 tables filled, 0 pizzas left over

• 8 tables filled, 4 pizzas left over

A gardener has 54 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 9. How many rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left?

• 5 rows, 9 flowers left

• 6 rows, 3 flowers left

• 7 rows, 0 flowers left

• 6 rows, 0 flowers left

A concert hall has 150 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 12, how many full groups can be sold, and how many seats will remain unsold?

• 10 full groups, 10 seats remain unsold.

• 11 full groups, 9 seats remain unsold.

• 12 full groups, 6 seats remain unsold.

• 13 full groups, 3 seats remain unsold.

A teacher has 80 markers and wants to distribute them equally among 7 students. How many markers will each student receive, and how many markers will be left over?

• Each student receives 11 markers, and 3 markers are left over.

• Each student receives 9 markers, and 7 markers are left over.

• Each student receives 12 markers, and 4 markers are left over.

• Each student receives 10 markers, and 10 markers are left over.