Long Division with Remainder Word Problems

The amount left over when a number cannot be divided equally.

• dividend

• divisor

• remainder

• quotient

Sami, Joeli, Angel, and Eli bought 88 green slimy candy bars. They wanted to divide the candy evenly. How many candy bars would each kid get, and how many would be left over?

• Each kid would get 22 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 352 green slimy candy bars and none would be left over.

• Each kid would get 2 green slimy candy bars and 8  would be left over.

• Each kid would get 20 green slimy candy bars and 2 would be left over.

A baker makes 54 cakes. Five cakes fit in each box. How many boxes will he need to put all the cakes in a box?

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs ten boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs four boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs eleven boxes

• 54 ÷ 5 = 10 r 4 so he needs fourteen boxes

If I have 497 pencils to give to 13 classes, how many pencils will each class get?

• 38 

• 37 

• 219 

• 39

46÷5=

• 7 r6

• 8 r4

• 8 r6

• 9 r4

Four monkeys share 25 bananas equally. How many whole bananas does each monkey get?

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets six bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets seven bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets sixteen bananas

• 25 ÷ 4 = 6 r 1 so each monkey gets one banana

What is the missing number?36 ÷ 5 = ..... r 1

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What is the missing number?

30 ÷ 7 = 4 r .....

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 5

What is the missing number?

...... ÷ 2 = 7 r 1

• 15

• 19

• 27

• 28

______ division is used to divide the numbers when the dividend has more than digit.

• short

• divisor

• long