Mixed Fractions: Dividing with Remainders Challenge

A recipe calls for 3 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to divide this amount equally into 4 containers, how much flour will each container hold?

• 7/8 cups

• 2 cups

• 3/4 cup

• 1 cup

You have 5 3/4 yards of fabric. If you cut it into pieces that are 1 1/2 yards long, how many pieces can you make, and how much fabric will be left over?

• 2 pieces, 1 yard left over

• 3 pieces, 1/4 yard left over

• 5 pieces, no fabric left over

• 4 pieces, 1/2 yard left over

A gardener has 2 2/3 bags of soil. If he uses 1/2 bag for each plant, how many plants can he plant, and how much soil will he have left?

• 5 plants, 1/6 bags of soil left

• 4 plants, 1/3 bags of soil left

• 6 plants, 1/2 bags of soil left

• 3 plants, 1/4 bags of soil left

A baker made 4 1/4 dozen cookies. If he wants to pack them into boxes that hold 3 1/2 dozen each, how many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 3 boxes filled, no cookies left over

• 1 box filled, 45 cookies left over

• 2 boxes filled, 15 cookies left over

• 1 box filled, 30 cookies left over

You have 6 1/2 liters of juice. If you pour it into cups that hold 1 1/4 liters each, how many full cups can you fill, and how much juice will remain?

• 3 full cups and 1/2 liters remaining

• 6 full cups and no juice remaining

• 4 full cups and 2 liters remaining

• 5 full cups and 1/4 liters remaining

A teacher has 7 3/4 pounds of clay. If she divides it into groups of 2 1/2 pounds for each student, how many students can receive a group, and how much clay will be left?

• 2 students can receive a group, and 1/2 pounds of clay will be left.

• 4 students can receive a group, and no clay will be left.

• 3 students can receive a group, and 1/4 pounds of clay will be left.

• 5 students can receive a group, and 1 pound of clay will be left.

A family has 8 1/2 pounds of apples. If they want to divide them into bags that hold 1 3/4 pounds each, how many bags can they fill, and how many apples will be left over?

• 2 bags filled, 3 pounds left over

• 4 bags filled, 1.5 pounds left over

• 3 bags filled, 2 pounds left over

• 5 bags filled, no apples left over

You have 9 1/3 gallons of paint. If you use 2 1/4 gallons for each room, how many rooms can you paint, and how much paint will you have left?

• 4 rooms, 1/3 gallons left

• 4 rooms, 2 gallons left

• 5 rooms, 1 gallon left

• 3 rooms, 2 gallons left

A farmer harvested 10 1/2 bushels of corn. If he wants to pack them into crates that hold 3 1/3 bushels each, how many crates can he fill, and how much corn will be left?

• 2 crates filled, 1 bushel left

• 4 crates filled, no corn left

• 3 crates filled, 1 bushel left

• 3 crates filled, 1/2 bushel left

A student read 12 3/4 books this year. If she wants to share them equally with 3 friends, how many books will each friend get, and how many books will she have left?

• Each friend gets 3 books, and she has 3 books left.

• Each friend gets 5 books, and she has 1 book left.

• Each friend gets 4.25 books, and she has 0 books left.

• Each friend gets 4 books, and she has 1 book left.