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Interpret the remainder

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A class of 23 children will take a field trip. Each car can take 5 children. How many cars are needed to take all the children on the field trip?

a)

4 R 3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

4 3/5

2.

Arnav has 33 gallons of water. A jug holds 5 gallons of water. When he fills the jugs, the last jug is not full. How many more gallons does he need to fill it?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

4

3.

Molly has 23 pickles. A snack bag holds 5 pickles. If she fills as many bags as possible, how many more pickles will she need to fill the last bag?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

4.

There are 29 students in Mrs. Brown's fourth grade class. Each table will seat 4 students. How many tables does she need to seat every student in her class?

a)

7 tables

b)

8 tables

c)

7 R1 tables

d)

9 tables

5.

A food company has 14 kilograms of food to put into boxes. If each box gets exactly 3 kilograms, how many full boxes will they have?

a)

52 boxes

b)

5 boxes

c)

11 boxes

d)

4 boxes

6.
A food company has 14 kilograms of food to put into boxes.  If each box gets exactly 3 kilograms, how many full boxes will they have?
a)
14 boxes
b)
5 boxes
c)
3 boxes
d)
4 boxes
7.
John wanted to give each of his 4 friends an equal amount of candy.  He bought 26 pieces total to give to them.  How many more pieces should he have bought so he didn't have any extra?
a)
4 pieces
b)
5 pieces
c)
3 pieces
d)
2 pieces
8.
Soccer players are driven to soccer games in vans.  Each van holds 9 people.  How many vans are needed for 31 players?
a)
4 vans
b)
3 vans
c)
5 vans
d)
2 vans
9.
Jillian has 37 Snickers candy bars.  She is going to put 6 in a bag and give them to her friends.  How many full bags will she have?
a)
6 r 1
b)
6
c)
7
d)
1
10.

Mae has 167 sunflower plants. She wants to plant them in rows of 3. How many plants will be in the last row?

a)

55

b)

2

c)

56

d)

3

11.
A website has games available to purchase for $5 each. If Lita has $23, how many games can she purchase?
a)
4 R 3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
4 3/5
12.

320 athletes are going camping for the weekend. 6 athletes can sleep in one tent. What is the minimum number of tents that will be needed?

a)

53 R2

b)

53

c)

54

d)

2

13.

Mrs. Watts bought 99 new pencils and wanted to give an equal amount to her 18 students. How many did each student get?

a)

ignore remainder 5 pencils each

b)

Round it up 6 pencils each

c)

Remainder is the answer 9 pencils each

14.

An industrial machine can make 305 colored pencils an hour. If each box of colored pencils has 12 pencils in it, how many full boxes does the machine make per hour?

a)

ignore it

b)

round up

c)

report as a fraction or a decimal

15.

A shoe factory needs to ship 566 pairs of shoes. If each box holds 27 pairs of shoes, how many boxes would they need to ship all of the shoes?

a)

20

b)

21

c)

20 and 1/2 boxes

d)

20 R 26

16.

Mr. Keyser scooped out 55 pieces of hard candy at the store. He wants to divide the candy evenly among his 4 boys. How many pieces of candy will each boy receive?

a)

ignore it 13 pieces of candy

b)

round up 14 pieces of candy

c)

Remainder is the answer 3 pieces of cany

d)

Use remainder to find out how many to the next whole group, 1 piece of candy

17.

It takes 6 apples to bake a pie. Mrs. Howard has 25 apples. How many pies can she bake?

a)

31

b)

19

c)

5

d)

4

18.

It takes 7 cups of flour to bake a loaf of bread. Sid has 51 cups of flour. How many loaves of bread can he bake and how much flour will he have left?

a)

8 loaves of bread and none left

b)

7 loaves of bread and 3 cups left

c)

7 loaves of bread and 2 cups left

d)

8 loaves of bread and 2 cups left

19.

You can put 8 oranges in a basket. Katie has harvested 43 oranges. How many baskets will she need to put all of the oranges in a basket?

a)

51

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

20.

A shoe factory needs to ship 566 pairs of shoes. If each box holds 27 pairs of shoes, how many boxes would they need to ship all of the shoes?

a)

20

b)

21

c)

20 and 1/2 boxes

d)

20 R 26