Division Adventures: Solving Real-Life Remainders

A baker has 25 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 6. How many full boxes can he make, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 2 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

There are 43 students going on a field trip. If each bus can hold 10 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 5 buses needed, 5 students left without a seat.

• 4 buses needed, 3 students left without a seat.

• 5 buses needed, 7 students left without a seat.

• 6 buses needed, 3 students left without a seat.

A farmer has 58 apples and wants to divide them equally into bags of 8. How many bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 8 bags, no apples remain

• 6 bags, 6 apples remain

• 5 bags, 3 apples remain

• 7 bags, 2 apples remain

A teacher has 37 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 5 students. How many pencils will each student get, and how many pencils will be left over?

• Each student gets 7 pencils, 2 pencils left over.

• Each student gets 9 pencils, no pencils left over.

• Each student gets 8 pencils, 1 pencil left over.

• Each student gets 6 pencils, 7 pencils left over.

In a library, there are 72 books that need to be placed on shelves with 9 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left?

• 7 shelves will be completely filled, and 1 book will be left.

• 9 shelves will be completely filled, and 0 books will be left.

• 8 shelves will be completely filled, and 0 books will be left.

• 6 shelves will be completely filled, and 6 books will be left.

A toy store has 90 toys and wants to arrange them in groups of 12. How many complete groups can they make, and how many toys will be left over?

• 7 complete groups and 6 toys left over

• 8 complete groups and 0 toys left over

• 5 complete groups and 15 toys left over

• 6 complete groups and 12 toys left over

A soccer team has 29 players and wants to form teams of 7. How many complete teams can they form, and how many players will be left out?

• 5 complete teams and no players left out

• 4 complete teams and 1 player left out

• 3 complete teams and 2 players left out

• 4 complete teams and 3 players left out

A concert hall has 85 seats and sells tickets in groups of 10. How many full groups of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will remain empty?

• 6 groups, 15 seats remain empty

• 9 groups, 0 seats remain empty

• 8 groups, 5 seats remain empty

• 7 groups, 8 seats remain empty

A gardener has 47 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 6. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left?

• 5 full rows and 7 flowers left

• 8 full rows and 2 flowers left

• 7 full rows and 5 flowers left

• 6 full rows and 11 flowers left

A class of 36 students is going on a trip and needs to be divided into groups of 5. How many full groups can be formed, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 6 full groups and 6 students left without a group.

• 8 full groups and 2 students left without a group.

• 7 full groups and 1 student left without a group.

• 5 full groups and 11 students left without a group.