Division word problems

Marian baked bread, cookies, and pastries one Saturday at home for her family and friends this holiday season. 1. She made 47 gingerbread cookies which she will distribute equally in tiny glass jars. If each jar is to contain six cookies each, how many cookies will not be placed in a jar?

• 5

• 2

• 3

• 1

She also prepared 59 croissants which she plans to give to her 8 neighbors. If each neighbor received an equal number of croissants, how many will be left with Marian?

• 3

• 5

• 7

• 1

Marian also baked oatmeal cookies for her 30 classmates. If she can place 12 cookies on a tray at a time, how many trays will she need to prepare 276 oatmeal cookies at a time?

• 23

• 20

• 25

• 18

Marian’s friends were coming over that afternoon, so she made 480 bite-sized pretzels. If one serving is equal to 12 pretzels, how many servings of bite-sized pretzels was Marian able to prepare?

• 40 servings

• 24 servings

• 36 servings

• 48 servings

Lastly, she baked 53 lemon cupcakes for the children in the preschool nearby. If two lemon cupcakes were left at home, how many boxes with 3 lemon cupcakes each were given away?

• 17 boxes

• 15 boxes

• 18 boxes

• 12 boxes

Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 4 slices. How many slices is that altogether?

• 20 slices

• 16 slices

• 24 slices

• 12 slices

Beth has 4 packs of crayons. Each pack has 10 crayons in it. She also has 6 extra crayons. How many crayons does Beth have altogether?

• 46 crayons

• 40 crayons

• 56 crayons

• 24 crayons

Ted has 15 candy bars. He wants to put them into 5 bags and tries to put the same number of candy bars in each bag. How many candy bars go in each bag? Are there any candy bars leftover?

• 3 candy bars in each bag, 0 leftover

• 2 candy bars in each bag, 5 leftover

• 4 candy bars in each bag, 1 leftover

• 5 candy bars in each bag, 0 leftover

A candy store has 6 boxes of chocolates. Each box has 500 pieces. How many pieces are there altogether in the 6 boxes?

• 3000

• 2500

• 3500

• 4000

You want to share 34 pencils among 6 friends. How many would each friend get?

• 5 (with 4 pencils left over)

• 6 (with 2 pencils left over)

• 4 (with 2 pencils left over)

• 7 (with no pencils left over)