Division and Remainders: Fun Challenges for Grade 3

A farmer has 48 apples. He wants to pack them into boxes with 6 apples each. How many boxes can he fill, and will there be any apples left over?

• 7 boxes, 1 apple left over

• 9 boxes, no apples left over

• 6 boxes, 2 apples left over

• 8 boxes, no apples left over

There are 72 students in a school. If they are divided into groups of 8 for a field trip, how many groups will there be? Will there be any students left without a group?

• 8 groups, 8 students left

• 9 groups, 1 student left

• 9 groups, no students left

• 10 groups, no students left

A baker made 56 cookies and wants to put them into bags of 7 cookies each. How many bags can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 9 bags, 3 cookies left over

• 6 bags, 2 cookies left over

• 7 bags, 1 cookie left over

• 8 bags, 0 cookies left over

A toy store has 90 toy cars. If they are sold in sets of 10, how many sets can be made, and will there be any toy cars left?

• 9 sets, 0 toy cars left

• 7 sets, 3 toy cars left

• 10 sets, 0 toy cars left

• 8 sets, 2 toy cars left

A library has 64 books. If each shelf can hold 8 books, how many shelves will be needed, and will there be any books left over?

• 7 shelves, 1 book left over

• 8 shelves, no books left over

• 9 shelves, no books left over

• 8 shelves, 2 books left over

A gardener has 45 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 5. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left?

• 7 full rows, 2 flowers left

• 8 full rows, 5 flowers left

• 10 full rows, 1 flower left

• 9 full rows, 0 flowers left

A class has 36 pencils. If they are shared equally among 4 students, how many pencils will each student get, and will there be any pencils left over?

• Each student will get 8 pencils, and there will be 4 pencils left over.

• Each student will get 10 pencils, and there will be 2 pencils left over.

• Each student will get 9 pencils, and there will be no pencils left over.

• Each student will get 7 pencils, and there will be 2 pencils left over.

A pizza shop made 84 slices of pizza. If each pizza is cut into 8 slices, how many pizzas did they make, and will there be any slices left?

• 11 pizzas made, no slices left.

• 8 pizzas made, 0 slices left.

• 9 pizzas made, 6 slices left.

• 10 pizzas made, 4 slices left.

A pet store has 55 fish. If they are sold in tanks of 10 fish each, how many tanks can be filled, and how many fish will remain?

• 5 tanks filled, 10 fish remaining

• 4 tanks filled, 15 fish remaining

• 5 tanks filled, 5 fish remaining

• 6 tanks filled, 5 fish remaining

A teacher has 78 markers. If she gives each student 6 markers, how many students can receive markers, and will there be any markers left?

• 12 students can receive markers, and there will be 6 markers left.

• 13 students can receive markers, and there will be no markers left.

• 10 students can receive markers, and there will be 8 markers left.

• 15 students can receive markers, and there will be 3 markers left.