4th Grade Division: Solving Word Problems with Remainders

A bakery made 256 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 12. How many full boxes can they fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 20 full boxes and 6 cookies left over

• 22 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 19 full boxes and 8 cookies left over

• 21 full boxes and 4 cookies left over

A school has 487 pencils to distribute equally among 25 students. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many pencils will remain?

• Each student receives 20 pencils, and 7 pencils remain.

• Each student receives 19 pencils, and 12 pencils remain.

• Each student receives 21 pencils, and 2 pencils remain.

• Each student receives 18 pencils, and 17 pencils remain.

A farmer harvested 732 apples and wants to put them into bags of 15 apples each. How many full bags can he make, and how many apples will be left?

• 50 full bags and 2 apples left

• 48 full bags and 12 apples left

• 60 full bags and 12 apples left

• 45 full bags and 30 apples left

A library has 845 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 20 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 41 shelves completely filled, 10 books left over

• 43 shelves completely filled, 2 books left over

• 40 shelves completely filled, 15 books left over

• 42 shelves completely filled, 5 books left over

A toy store received a shipment of 912 toys and wants to display them in groups of 30. How many complete groups can they make, and how many toys will be left?

• 28 complete groups and 32 toys left

• 29 complete groups and 22 toys left

• 31 complete groups and 2 toys left

• 30 complete groups and 12 toys left

A concert hall has 678 seats and wants to sell tickets in packs of 25. How many full packs can they sell, and how many seats will be left unsold?

• 27 full packs and 3 seats left unsold.

• 25 full packs and 3 seats left unsold.

• 28 full packs and 2 seats left unsold.

• 26 full packs and 8 seats left unsold.

A factory produced 1,024 toys and wants to package them in boxes of 40. How many boxes will be completely filled, and how many toys will remain?

• 20 boxes filled, 44 toys remain

• 24 boxes filled, 4 toys remain

• 26 boxes filled, 14 toys remain

• 25 boxes filled, 24 toys remain

A sports team has 543 baseball cards to share among 18 players. How many cards will each player get, and how many cards will be left over?

• Each player gets 29 cards, and 6 cards are left over.

• Each player gets 31 cards, and 2 cards are left over.

• Each player gets 28 cards, and 7 cards are left over.

• Each player gets 30 cards, and 3 cards are left over.

A pet store has 1,215 fish and wants to place them in tanks that hold 50 fish each. How many tanks will be completely filled, and how many fish will be left?

• 23 tanks completely filled, 25 fish left

• 25 tanks completely filled, 15 fish left

• 24 tanks completely filled, 10 fish left

• 24 tanks completely filled, 15 fish left

A school is organizing a field trip and has 1,050 tickets to distribute among 30 classes. How many tickets will each class receive, and how many tickets will be left?

• Each class will receive 40 tickets, and there will be 10 tickets left.

• Each class will receive 35 tickets, and there will be 0 tickets left.

• Each class will receive 25 tickets, and there will be 50 tickets left.

• Each class will receive 30 tickets, and there will be 30 tickets left.