Mastering Division: Solving Real-Life Word Problems

A baker has 48 cookies. He wants to pack them into boxes with 6 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 6 boxes, 6 cookies left over

• 7 boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 8 boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 9 boxes, 0 cookies left over

There are 35 students in a class. The teacher wants to divide them into groups of 5 for a project. How many groups will there be, and will there be any students left without a group?

• 8 groups, no students left without a group.

• 6 groups, 1 student left without a group.

• 7 groups, 5 students left without a group.

• 7 groups, no students left without a group.

A farmer has 120 apples and wants to put them into bags of 10 apples each. How many bags can he fill, and how many apples will he have left?

• 15 bags, 0 apples left

• 10 bags, 10 apples left

• 12 bags, 5 apples left

• 12 bags, 0 apples left

A library has 250 books. If each shelf can hold 25 books, how many shelves will be needed, and will there be any books left over?

• 9 shelves, 1 book left over

• 12 shelves, no books left over

• 10 shelves, no books left over

• 8 shelves, 2 books left over

A toy store has 75 toy cars. If they want to display them in rows of 8, how many full rows can they make, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 10 full rows and 5 toy cars left

• 7 full rows and 4 toy cars left

• 9 full rows and 3 toy cars left.

• 8 full rows and 7 toy cars left

A school is organizing a field trip for 90 students. If each bus can carry 15 students, how many buses are needed, and will there be any students left without a seat?

• 4 buses, 6 students left without a seat.

• 6 buses, no students left without a seat.

• 5 buses, 1 student left without a seat.

• 7 buses, 3 students left without a seat.

A gardener has 56 flowers to plant in rows of 7. How many rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 6 rows, 8 flowers left over

• 7 rows, 7 flowers left over

• 10 rows, 4 flowers left over

• 8 rows, 0 flowers left over

A pizza shop made 84 slices of pizza. If each customer can eat 10 slices, how many customers can be served, and how many slices will remain?

• 7 customers can be served, 5 slices will remain.

• 9 customers can be served, 0 slices will remain.

• 6 customers can be served, 8 slices will remain.

• 8 customers can be served, 4 slices will remain.

A concert hall has 150 seats. If tickets are sold in groups of 12, how many full groups can be sold, and how many seats will be left empty?

• 11 full groups, 9 seats left empty

• 13 full groups, 3 seats left empty

• 12 full groups, 6 seats left empty

• 10 full groups, 10 seats left empty

A pet store has 63 puppies. If they want to place them in cages that hold 9 puppies each, how many cages will they need, and will there be any puppies left without a cage?

• 6 cages, 3 puppies left

• 8 cages, no puppies left

• 7 cages, 1 puppy left

• 7 cages, no puppies left