Remainders in Action: Real-Life Division Challenges

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

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 3 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?

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

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

• 5 buses needed, 0 students left without a seat.

• 4 buses needed, 0 students left without a seat.

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

• 8 full baskets and 0 apples remain

• 6 full baskets and 6 apples remain

• 7 full baskets and 2 apples remain

• 5 full baskets and 3 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 will be left over?

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

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

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

• Each student gets 9 pencils, no 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?

• 8 shelves filled, 0 books left

• 9 shelves filled, 3 books left

• 7 shelves filled, 1 book left

• 6 shelves filled, 6 books 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?

• 5 complete groups and 15 toys left over

• 6 complete groups and 12 toys left over

• 8 complete groups and 0 toys left over

• 7 complete groups and 6 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?

• 4 complete teams and 3 players left out

• 4 complete teams and 1 player left out

• 3 complete teams and 2 players left out

• 5 complete teams and no players left out

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

• 8 full groups, 5 seats will remain empty.

• 7 full groups, 8 seats will remain empty.

• 8 full groups, 10 seats will remain empty.

• 9 full groups, 4 seats will 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 over?

• 5 full rows and 7 flowers left over

• 6 full rows and 11 flowers left over

• 7 full rows and 5 flowers left over

• 8 full rows and 2 flowers left over

A school has 64 notebooks and wants to give them to students in groups of 8. How many full groups can they create, and how many notebooks will be left?

• 8 full groups and 4 notebooks left

• 9 full groups and 0 notebooks left

• 8 full groups and 0 notebooks left

• 7 full groups and 8 notebooks left