Real-Life Division: Remainders in Everyday Scenarios

A baker has 25 cookies and wants to pack them into boxes of 6. How many full boxes can he pack, and how many cookies will be left over?

• 4 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

• 2 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

There are 43 students in a class, and the teacher wants to divide them into groups of 5 for a project. How many full groups can be formed, and how many students will be left without a group?

• 9 full groups and 2 students left without a group.

• 8 full groups and 3 students left without a group.

• 7 full groups and 6 students left without a group.

• 8 full groups and 5 students left without a group.

A farmer has 58 apples and wants to put them into bags of 8. How many full bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 5 full bags and 3 apples remain

• 7 full bags and 2 apples remain

• 8 full bags and no apples remain

• 6 full bags and 6 apples remain

A toy store has 37 toy cars and wants to display them in rows of 4. How many complete rows can they make, and how many toy cars will be left over?

• 7 complete rows and 3 toy cars left over

• 9 complete rows and 1 toy car left over

• 10 complete rows and 2 toy cars left over

• 8 complete rows and 5 toy cars left over

A library has 90 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 12 books each. How many shelves can be filled, and how many books will be left?

• 7 shelves can be filled, and 6 books will be left.

• 6 shelves can be filled, and 12 books will be left.

• 8 shelves can be filled, and 0 books will be left.

• 5 shelves can be filled, and 15 books will be left.

A soccer team has 29 players and wants to divide them into teams of 7 for practice. How many teams can they form, and how many players will not be on a team?

• 4 teams and 3 players will not be on a team.

• 3 teams and 2 players will not be on a team.

• 5 teams and no players will not be on a team.

• 4 teams and 1 player will not be on a team.

A pizza shop made 75 slices of pizza and wants to serve them in boxes of 10. How many full boxes can they prepare, and how many slices will be left?

• 7 full boxes and 5 slices left

• 8 full boxes and 2 slices left

• 6 full boxes and 15 slices left

• 5 full boxes and 10 slices left

A school is organizing a field trip for 88 students and can fit 10 students in each bus. How many buses will they need, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 9 buses, 2 students without a seat

• 7 buses, 18 students without a seat

• 8 buses, 8 students without a seat

• 10 buses, 0 students without a seat

A gardener has 54 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 9. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will be left over?

• 5 full rows, 9 flowers left over

• 7 full rows, 3 flowers left over

• 6 full rows, 6 flowers left over

• 6 full rows, 0 flowers left over

A concert hall has 120 seats and wants to arrange them in rows of 15. How many full rows can they create, and how many seats will be left empty?

• 8 full rows and 0 empty seats

• 6 full rows and 6 empty seats

• 9 full rows and 0 empty seats

• 7 full rows and 3 empty seats