Dividing and Sharing: Fun with Remainders in Real Life

There are 16 apples. If you put them into bags with 4 apples each, how many bags do you have?

• 6

• 5

• 3

• 4

A teacher has 20 pencils. She wants to give them equally to 4 students. How many pencils will each student get?

• 8

• 5

• 6

• 4

You have 12 cookies and want to share them with 4 friends. How many cookies will each friend get?

• 3

• 4

• 2

• 5

A farmer has 24 eggs. He wants to pack them in boxes of 4. How many boxes will he need?

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 8

There are 15 balloons. If you want to tie them in groups of 4, how many groups can you make and how many balloons will be left over?

• 3 groups, 6 balloons left over

• 3 groups, 3 balloons left over

• 2 groups, 7 balloons left over

• 4 groups, 3 balloons left over

You have 28 stickers and want to share them with 4 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?

• 7

• 6

• 8

• 5

A baker made 32 cupcakes. If he puts them in boxes of 4, how many boxes does he have?

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 6

You have 18 marbles and want to divide them into groups of 4. How many groups can you make and how many marbles will be left?

• 2 groups and 10 marbles left

• 5 groups and 1 marble left

• 3 groups and 6 marbles left

• 4 groups and 2 marbles left

There are 40 crayons in a box. If you want to share them equally among 4 kids, how many crayons will each kid get?

• 15

• 8

• 10

• 12

A class has 22 books. If they want to put them on shelves with 4 books each, how many shelves will they fill and how many books will be left?

• 6 shelves filled, 0 books left

• 4 shelves filled, 6 books left

• 5 shelves filled, 3 books left

• 5 shelves filled, 2 books left