Division Challenges: Remainders and Estimates for Grade 4

A bakery made 4,256 cookies. If they pack them into boxes of 12 cookies each, how many full boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 360 full boxes and 16 cookies left over

• 350 full boxes and 6 cookies left over

• 354 full boxes and 8 cookies left over

• 400 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

A school has 3,840 pencils to distribute equally among 48 classrooms. How many pencils will each classroom receive, and how many pencils will remain?

• Each classroom will receive 90 pencils, and there will be 12 pencils remaining.

• Each classroom will receive 80 pencils, and there will be 0 pencils remaining.

• Each classroom will receive 100 pencils, and there will be 20 pencils remaining.

• Each classroom will receive 75 pencils, and there will be 15 pencils remaining.

A farmer harvested 5,432 apples. He wants to put them into bags that hold 25 apples each. How many full bags can he fill, and how many apples will be left?

• 215 full bags and 12 apples left

• 216 full bags and 8 apples left

• 218 full bags and 5 apples left

• 217 full bags and 7 apples left

A library has 2,500 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 40 books on each shelf. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 60 shelves completely filled, 40 books left over

• 62 shelves completely filled, 20 books left over

• 61 shelves completely filled, 30 books left over

• 63 shelves completely filled, 10 books left over

A toy store received a shipment of 1,200 toys. If they want to display them in groups of 15 toys each, how many groups can they make, and how many toys will be left?

• 75 groups, 5 toys left

• 60 groups, 20 toys left

• 80 groups, 0 toys left

• 100 groups, 0 toys left

A concert hall has 3,600 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?

• 460 complete groups, 0 unsold seats

• 450 complete groups, 10 unsold seats

• 450 complete groups, 0 unsold seats

• 400 complete groups, 20 unsold seats

A factory produced 4,750 gadgets. If they are packaged in boxes of 50, how many full boxes can be created, and how many gadgets will be left over?

• 93 full boxes and 25 gadgets left over

• 94 full boxes and 10 gadgets left over

• 95 full boxes and 0 gadgets left over

• 96 full boxes and 5 gadgets left over

A charity event raised $5,432. If they want to divide this amount equally among 12 different projects, how much will each project receive, and how much money will be left?

• Each project will receive $450, and $32 will be left.

• Each project will receive $500, and $32 will be left.

• Each project will receive $400, and $32 will be left.

• Each project will receive $452.66, and $0.08 will be left.

A sports team has 2,400 water bottles to distribute among 60 players. How many water bottles will each player get, and how many will be left over?

• Each player gets 20 water bottles, and there are 240 left over.

• Each player gets 30 water bottles, and there are 120 left over.

• Each player gets 40 water bottles, and there are 0 left over.

• Each player gets 50 water bottles, and there are 100 left over.

A school is organizing a field trip for 1,800 students. If they can fit 45 students on each bus, how many buses will they need, and how many students will not fit on a full bus?

• 41 buses, 5 students not fitting

• 40 buses, 0 students not fitting

• 39 buses, 1 student not fitting

• 38 buses, 10 students not fitting