Fun with Division: Remainders and Estimations for 3rd Graders

A farmer has 56 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes that hold 8 apples each. How many boxes can he fill, and how many apples will be left over?

• 7 boxes, 0 apples left over

• 8 boxes, 0 apples left over

• 6 boxes, 2 apples left over

• 7 boxes, 1 apple left over

Lily has 45 stickers. She wants to share them equally with her 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will be left with Lily?

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and Lily has 9 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 7 stickers, and Lily has 3 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 8 stickers, and Lily has 1 sticker left.

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and Lily has 15 stickers left.

A school has 120 pencils. They want to distribute them equally among 10 classrooms. After distributing, how many pencils will each classroom get, and how many will be left over?

• Each classroom gets 12 pencils, and there are 5 pencils left over.

• Each classroom gets 12 pencils, and there are 0 pencils left over.

• Each classroom gets 15 pencils, and there are 0 pencils left over.

• Each classroom gets 10 pencils, and there are 20 pencils left over.

Tom has 75 marbles. He gives 9 marbles to each of his 7 friends. How many marbles does he have left after giving them away?

• 12

• 30

• 20

• 15

A bakery made 150 cookies. They want to pack them into boxes of 12 cookies each. How many boxes can they fill, and how many cookies will be left?

• 15 boxes, 0 cookies left

• 12 boxes, 6 cookies left

• 10 boxes, 10 cookies left

• 12 boxes, 12 cookies left

Sarah has 90 candies. She wants to divide them into bags of 5 candies each for a party. How many bags can she make, and how many candies will be left over?

• 16 bags, 10 candies left over

• 18 bags, 0 candies left over

• 17 bags, 5 candies left over

• 19 bags, 1 candy left over

A library has 200 books. They want to arrange them on shelves with 25 books each. How many shelves will they fill, and how many books will be left?

• 8 shelves filled, 0 books left

• 6 shelves filled, 10 books left

• 9 shelves filled, 1 book left

• 7 shelves filled, 5 books left

A toy store has 64 toy cars. They want to put them into sets of 8. How many sets can they make, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 8 sets, 0 toy cars left

• 9 sets, 0 toy cars left

• 7 sets, 1 toy car left

• 8 sets, 1 toy car left

A gardener has 150 flowers. He wants to plant them in rows of 10. How many rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 14 rows, 10 flowers left over

• 15 rows, 0 flowers left over

• 16 rows, 5 flowers left over

• 12 rows, 6 flowers left over

A group of friends has 84 balloons. They want to share them equally among 9 friends. How many balloons will each friend get, and how many will be left?

• Each friend gets 7 balloons, and 9 balloons will be left.

• Each friend gets 9 balloons, and 3 balloons will be left.

• Each friend gets 10 balloons, and 0 balloons will be left.

• Each friend gets 8 balloons, and 4 balloons will be left.