Division Dilemmas: Remainders in Real-Life Scenarios

A bakery made 120 cookies. If they pack them in boxes of 8, how many full boxes can they fill and how many cookies will be left over?

• 14 full boxes, 2 cookies left over

• 15 full boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 12 full boxes, 4 cookies left over

• 16 full boxes, 1 cookie left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

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

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 4 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and Sarah has 1 marble left.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 3 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 6 marbles, and Sarah has 9 marbles left.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A farmer has 250 apples. He wants to put them into bags that can hold 10 apples each. How many bags will he need, and how many apples will be left over?

• 20 bags, 10 apples left over

• 26 bags, 5 apples left over

• 24 bags, 2 apples left over

• 25 bags, 0 apples left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

In a school, there are 360 students. If each classroom can hold 30 students, how many classrooms are needed, and how many students will be left without a classroom?

• 12 classrooms, 30 students left without a classroom

• 15 classrooms, 0 students left without a classroom

• 10 classrooms, 10 students left without a classroom

• 12 classrooms, 0 students left without a classroom

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

A toy store has 150 toys. If they sell them in sets of 5, how many complete sets can they sell, and how many toys will remain unsold?

• 30 complete sets, 5 toys remaining

• 35 complete sets, 10 toys remaining

• 30 complete sets, 0 toys remaining

• 25 complete sets, 5 toys remaining

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A library has 1,200 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves that can hold 50 books each, how many shelves will they need, and how many books will be left over?

• 23 shelves, 10 books left over

• 25 shelves, 5 books left over

• 20 shelves, 20 books left over

• 24 shelves, 0 books left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Emma has 84 stickers. She wants to give them to her 7 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend receive, and how many will Emma have left?

• Each friend receives 12 stickers, and Emma has 0 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 11 stickers, and Emma has 3 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 14 stickers, and Emma has 0 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 10 stickers, and Emma has 4 stickers left.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A concert hall has 500 seats. If 3 concerts are held and each concert sells 150 tickets, how many seats will be filled, and how many seats will remain empty?

• Seats filled: 450, Seats remaining empty: 50

• Seats filled: 450, Seats remaining empty: 100

• Seats filled: 500, Seats remaining empty: 0

• Seats filled: 300, Seats remaining empty: 200

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A gardener has 96 flowers. If he plants them in rows of 8, how many rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 12 rows, 0 flowers left over

• 11 rows, 4 flowers left over

• 8 rows, 8 flowers left over

• 10 rows, 6 flowers left over

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A pizza shop made 200 slices of pizza. If each customer orders 12 slices, how many customers can be served, and how many slices will be left?

• 15 customers can be served, 10 slices will be left.

• 16 customers can be served, 8 slices will be left.

• 14 customers can be served, 12 slices will be left.

• 18 customers can be served, 4 slices will be left.

Tags

CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2