Grade 5 Math: Reasoning with Remainders in Word Problems

A bakery made 120 cookies. If they pack them in boxes of 8, how many boxes will they fill? Check if the number of boxes is reasonable and interpret any remainder.

• 15

• 12

• 16

• 14

Sarah has 45 marbles. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left over? Check if the division makes sense.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and 3 marbles will be left over.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and 1 marble will be left over.

• Each friend gets 6 marbles, and 9 marbles will be left over.

• Each friend gets 5 marbles, and 15 marbles will be left over.

A farmer has 250 apples and wants to put them into bags of 10. How many full bags can he make, and how many apples will be left? Verify the reasonableness of your answer.

• 26 full bags, 5 apples left

• 20 full bags, 30 apples left

• 25 full bags, 0 apples left

• 24 full bags, 10 apples left

In a school, there are 360 students. If each bus can carry 12 students, how many buses are needed? Check if your answer is reasonable and interpret any remainder.

• 40

• 35

• 30

• 25

A toy store has 75 action figures. If they want to display them in groups of 5, how many groups can they make? What will happen to any leftover figures? Check for reasonableness.

• 14 groups, with 1 leftover figure.

• 15 groups, with no leftover figures.

• 10 groups, with 5 leftover figures.

• 16 groups, with 5 leftover figures.

A library has 1,200 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves that hold 15 books each, how many shelves will they need? Check if your answer is reasonable and interpret any remainder.

• 75

• 90

• 100

• 80

Emma has 90 stickers. She wants to give them equally to her 4 friends. How many stickers will each friend receive, and how many will be left? Check the reasonableness of your answer.

• Each friend receives 25 stickers, and no stickers are left.

• Each friend receives 22 stickers, and 5 stickers are left.

• Each friend receives 20 stickers, and 10 stickers are left.

• Each friend receives 22 stickers, and 2 stickers are left.

A pizza place made 200 slices of pizza. If each box can hold 8 slices, how many boxes will they need? Check if your answer is reasonable and interpret any remainder.

• 20

• 25

• 15

• 30

A gardener has 150 flowers to plant in rows of 10. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left? Verify the reasonableness of your answer.

• 16 full rows and 5 flowers left.

• 15 full rows and 0 flowers left.

• 14 full rows and 10 flowers left.

• 15 full rows and 5 flowers left.

A class of 32 students is going on a field trip. If each van can hold 7 students, how many vans will they need? Check for reasonableness and interpret any remainder.

• 8 vans

• 5 vans

• 4 vans

• 6 vans