Grade 6 Math: Division Remainders & Equation Creation

A bakery made 125 cookies and packed them into boxes of 12. How many full boxes did they pack, and how many cookies were left over?

• 11 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 8 full boxes and 9 cookies left over

• 10 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 9 full boxes and 7 cookies left over

A farmer has 240 apples and wants to divide them equally into baskets. If each basket can hold 15 apples, how many baskets will he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 16 baskets, 0 apples remain

• 20 baskets, 0 apples remain

• 12 baskets, 12 apples remain

• 15 baskets, 15 apples remain

Sarah has 54 marbles. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left with Sarah?

• Each friend gets 10 marbles, and Sarah has 4 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 9 marbles, and Sarah has 0 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and Sarah has 6 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 6 marbles left.

A school is organizing a field trip for 150 students. If each bus can carry 30 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 6 buses, 0 students left without a seat

• 5 buses, 5 students left without a seat

• 5 buses, 0 students left without a seat

• 4 buses, 10 students left without a seat

Tom read 75 pages of a book in 5 days. If he continues at the same rate, how many pages will he read in 12 days? Create an equation to represent this situation.

• 180 pages

• 200 pages

• 120 pages

• 150 pages

A toy store has 500 toys. If they sell 45 toys each day, how many days will it take to sell all the toys? Write an equation to find the answer.

• 10

• 12

• 15

• 20

Lisa has 90 stickers. She wants to give them to her 8 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend receive, and how many will Lisa have left?

• Each friend receives 9 stickers, and Lisa has 3 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 12 stickers, and Lisa has 6 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 11 stickers, and Lisa has 2 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 10 stickers, and Lisa has 10 stickers left.

A library has 1,200 books. If they want to arrange them on shelves with 25 books each, how many shelves will they need, and how many books will be left over?

• 49 shelves, 1 book left over

• 47 shelves, 5 books left over

• 48 shelves, 0 books left over

• 50 shelves, 0 books left over

A gardener planted 180 flowers in rows. If each row has 15 flowers, how many full rows did he plant, and how many flowers are left?

• 10 full rows and 30 flowers left

• 12 full rows and 0 flowers left

• 9 full rows and 15 flowers left

• 15 full rows and 0 flowers left

A pizza shop made 200 slices of pizza. If each customer can eat 8 slices, how many customers can be served, and how many slices will be left?

• 15 customers, 5 slices left

• 25 customers, 0 slices left

• 20 customers, 40 slices left

• 30 customers, 10 slices left