Word Problems with Remainders

36 members of the art club are taking a trip to the art museum. Each van can hold 5 members. How many vans will they need to take in order for each member to attend?

• They will need 4 vans.

• They will need 7 vans.

• They will need 8 vans.

• They will need 5 vans.

A total of 26 students signed up to play putt-putt. Each team will have 3 students. How many students will not have a team to play on?

• 1

• 2

• None - everyone will be in a team of 3.

Joey created 22 origami animals to display evenly on his shelves. Each shelf can hold 8 animals. How many shelves does Joey need?

• 6 shelves

• 8 shelves

• 2 shelves

• 3 shelves

Xavier has 29 baseball cards he'd like to split up between he and his 3 best friends. If he wants each of them to have the same amount of cards, how many will be left over?

Steve wanted to make blueberry muffins for his classmates. If he has 24 total people in his class and each box of muffin mix makes 11 muffins, how many boxes does he need to buy?

Philip wants to help his mom make sandwiches for her company picnic. They need to make 29 sandwiches. If each loaf of bread supplies 13 sandwiches, how many loaves do they need?

• 3 loaves

• 9 loaves

• 4 loaves

• 10 loaves

Charlie has $17 to spend on chocolate bars. Chocolate bars cost $3. Charlie buys as many chocolate bars as he can with his money. Which of the following describes the remainder in this situation?

• The number of candy bars Charlie buys

• The amount of money Charlie has left over

A carnival ride holds 5 people at a time. There are 38 people in line to ride the ride.

Which of the following describes the remainder in this situation?

• The number of people on the last ride.

• The number of times the ride will run so all people can ride.