Dividing and Remainders: Fun Multiplication Challenges

A farmer has 24 apples. He wants to pack them into bags with 6 apples each. How many bags can he fill? If there are any apples left, how many will there be?

• 4 bags, 0 apples left

• 3 bags, 2 apples left

• 2 bags, 6 apples left

• 5 bags, 4 apples left

There are 36 students in a class. The teacher wants to divide them into groups of 4. How many groups will there be? If there are any students left over, how many will that be?

• 8 groups, 4 students left over

• 9 groups, 0 students left over

• 10 groups, 2 students left over

• 7 groups, 1 student left over

A baker made 50 cookies. He wants to put them into boxes that hold 8 cookies each. How many full boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 6 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

• 5 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 7 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 6 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

A toy store has 45 toys. If they want to display them in rows of 5 toys each, how many rows can they make? How many toys will be left without a row?

• 7 rows, 2 toys left

• 9 rows, 0 toys left

• 8 rows, 1 toy left

• 10 rows, 5 toys left

A library has 72 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 9 books each, how many shelves will they need? Will there be any books left over?

• 9 shelves, no books left over

• 7 shelves, 1 book left over

• 8 shelves, no books left over

• 6 shelves, 6 books left over

A gardener has 56 flowers. He wants to plant them in 7 equal rows. How many flowers will be in each row? Will there be any flowers left over?

• 7 flowers per row, 0 flowers left over.

• 9 flowers per row, 2 flowers left over.

• 8 flowers per row, no flowers left over.

• 6 flowers per row, 2 flowers left over.

A school has 90 pencils. If they want to give each student 6 pencils, how many students can receive pencils? How many pencils will be left?

• 10 students can receive pencils, and 30 pencils will be left.

• 12 students can receive pencils, and 6 pencils will be left.

• 18 students can receive pencils, and 12 pencils will be left.

• 15 students can receive pencils, and 0 pencils will be left.

A pet store has 64 fish. If they want to put them in tanks that hold 8 fish each, how many tanks will they need? Will there be any fish left without a tank?

• 8 tanks, 2 fish left

• 7 tanks, 1 fish left

• 9 tanks, no fish left

• 8 tanks, no fish left

A party planner has 48 balloons. If she wants to tie them in bunches of 5, how many bunches can she make? How many balloons will be left over?

• 9 bunches, 3 balloons left over

• 10 bunches, 2 balloons left over

• 8 bunches, 4 balloons left over

• 7 bunches, 1 balloon left over

A chef has 100 ingredients. If he uses 8 ingredients for each dish he makes, how many complete dishes can he prepare? How many ingredients will remain?

• 12 complete dishes, 8 ingredients remaining

• 12 complete dishes, 4 ingredients remaining

• 10 complete dishes, 20 ingredients remaining

• 15 complete dishes, 0 ingredients remaining