Division Adventures: Remainders in Real Life for 4th Graders

A baker has 24 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 3 boxes, 2 cookies left over

• 2 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 4 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 5 boxes, 4 cookies left over

There are 45 students in a class, and they need to be divided into groups of 5 for a project. How many groups will there be, and will there be any students left without a group?

• 9 groups, 5 students left without a group

• 9 groups, no students left without a group

• 8 groups, 1 student left without a group

• 10 groups, no students left without a group

A farmer has 100 apples and wants to distribute them equally among 8 baskets. How many apples will each basket get, and how many apples will remain?

• Each basket gets 13 apples, and 1 apple remains.

• Each basket gets 12 apples, and 4 apples remain.

• Each basket gets 10 apples, and 10 apples remain.

• Each basket gets 11 apples, and 8 apples remain.

A library has 56 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 7 books per shelf. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 6 shelves completely filled, 4 books left over

• 8 shelves completely filled, 0 books left over

• 7 shelves completely filled, 1 book left over

• 9 shelves completely filled, 2 books left over

A toy store has 90 toys and wants to give them equally to 9 children. How many toys will each child receive, and will there be any toys left?

• Each child will receive 5 toys, and there will be 45 toys left.

• Each child will receive 15 toys, and there will be 15 toys left.

• Each child will receive 12 toys, and there will be 6 toys left.

• Each child will receive 10 toys, and there will be no toys left.

A teacher has 36 pencils and wants to give them to her 5 students. How many pencils will each student get, and how many pencils will remain with the teacher?

• Each student gets 7 pencils, and 1 pencil remains with the teacher.

• Each student gets 6 pencils, and 6 pencils remain with the teacher.

• Each student gets 5 pencils, and 6 pencils remain with the teacher.

• Each student gets 8 pencils, and no pencils remain with the teacher.

A pizza shop made 50 pizzas and wants to cut them into 8 slices each. How many slices will they have in total, and how many slices will be left over after serving whole pizzas?

• 400 slices in total, 0 slices left over.

• 350 slices in total, 10 slices left over.

• 400 slices in total, 5 slices left over.

• 450 slices in total, 0 slices left over.

A gardener has 72 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 9. How many rows can he plant, and will there be any flowers left unplanted?

• 8 rows, no flowers left unplanted

• 9 rows, no flowers left unplanted

• 7 rows, 1 flower left unplanted

• 6 rows, 6 flowers left unplanted

A concert hall has 150 seats and tickets are sold in packs of 10. How many packs of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will remain unsold?

• 15 packs, 0 seats remaining

• 16 packs, 5 seats remaining

• 12 packs, 30 seats remaining

• 14 packs, 10 seats remaining

A school is organizing a field trip for 120 students, and they need to rent buses that hold 15 students each. How many buses will they need, and will there be any students left without a seat?

• 6 buses, 6 students left without a seat.

• 9 buses, 3 students left without a seat.

• 8 buses, no students left without a seat.

• 7 buses, 1 student left without a seat.