Mastering Division: Word Problems for Grade 4

A baker has 48 cookies. He wants to pack them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 6 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 8 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 7 boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 9 boxes, 0 cookies left over

There are 120 students in a school. If they are divided into groups of 8 for a field trip, how many groups will there be?

• 10

• 12

• 20

• 15

A farmer has 75 apples and wants to put them into bags. If each bag can hold 10 apples, how many full bags can he make, and how many apples will be left?

• 5 full bags and 25 apples left

• 7 full bags and 5 apples left

• 8 full bags and 3 apples left

• 6 full bags and 15 apples left

A library has 250 books. If each shelf can hold 25 books, how many shelves are needed to store all the books?

• 20

• 5

• 10

• 15

Emma has 90 stickers. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will Emma have left?

• Each friend gets 10 stickers, and Emma has 30 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 20 stickers, and Emma has 6 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 12 stickers, and Emma has 6 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 15 stickers, and Emma has 0 stickers left.

A toy store has 150 toys. If they want to display them in rows of 10, how many rows will they have, and will there be any toys left over?

• 14 rows, 6 toys left over

• 12 rows, 3 toys left over

• 15 rows, 0 toys left over

• 16 rows, 5 toys left over

A teacher has 36 pencils and wants to give them to her 5 students equally. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many will be left?

• Each student receives 8 pencils, and 0 pencils will be left.

• Each student receives 7 pencils, and 1 pencil will be left.

• Each student receives 5 pencils, and 11 pencils will be left.

• Each student receives 6 pencils, and 6 pencils will be left.

A pizza shop made 84 slices of pizza. If each customer can eat 8 slices, how many customers can be served, and how many slices will remain?

• 10 customers can be served, 4 slices will remain.

• 9 customers can be served, 6 slices will remain.

• 8 customers can be served, 8 slices will remain.

• 11 customers can be served, 0 slices will remain.

A gardener has 64 flowers to plant in rows. If he plants 8 flowers in each row, how many rows will he have, and will there be any flowers left over?

• 8 rows, 2 flowers left over

• 8 rows, no flowers left over

• 9 rows, no flowers left over

• 7 rows, 1 flower left over

A concert hall has 200 seats. If tickets are sold in packs of 5, how many packs can be sold, and how many seats will be left empty?

• 30 packs, 10 seats left empty

• 50 packs, 0 seats left empty

• 20 packs, 100 seats left empty

• 40 packs, 0 seats left empty