Remainders and Quotients: Fun Division Word Problems

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

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

There are 43 students in a class going on a field trip. If each bus can hold 10 students, how many buses are needed, and how many students will be left without a seat?

• 5 buses needed, 2 students left without a seat.

• 4 buses needed, 0 students left without a seat.

• 3 buses needed, 1 student left without a seat.

• 4 buses needed, 3 students left without a seat.

A farmer has 58 apples and wants to divide them equally into baskets of 8. How many baskets can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 7 baskets, 3 apples remaining

• 6 baskets, 6 apples remaining

• 7 baskets, 2 apples remaining

• 8 baskets, 2 apples remaining

A toy store has 37 toy cars and wants to arrange them in rows of 5. How many complete rows can be made, and how many toy cars will be left?

• 5 complete rows and 12 toy cars left

• 6 complete rows and 7 toy cars left

• 7 complete rows and 2 toy cars left

• 8 complete rows and 1 toy car left

A library has 90 books to distribute equally among 7 shelves. How many books will each shelf get, and how many books will be left over?

• Each shelf gets 12 books, and 6 books are left over.

• Each shelf gets 11 books, and 9 books are left over.

• Each shelf gets 13 books, and 1 book is left over.

• Each shelf gets 10 books, and 20 books are left over.

A teacher has 56 pencils and wants to give them to her 9 students. How many pencils will each student receive, and how many pencils will be left?

• Each student receives 6 pencils, and 2 pencils are left.

• Each student receives 8 pencils, and no pencils are left.

• Each student receives 7 pencils, and 1 pencil is left.

• Each student receives 5 pencils, and 6 pencils are left.

A gardener has 75 flowers to plant in rows of 10. How many full rows can he plant, and how many flowers will he have left?

• 8 full rows and 2 flowers left

• 6 full rows and 15 flowers left

• 5 full rows and 25 flowers left

• 7 full rows and 5 flowers left

A concert hall has 82 seats and sells tickets in groups of 6. How many groups of tickets can be sold, and how many seats will remain empty?

• 12 groups, 10 seats remain empty

• 11 groups, 6 seats remain empty

• 14 groups, 2 seats remain empty

• 13 groups, 4 seats remain empty

A pet store has 64 fish and wants to put them in tanks that hold 8 fish each. How many tanks can be filled, and how many fish will be left over?

• 10 tanks can be filled, and 4 fish will be left over.

• 6 tanks can be filled, and 8 fish will be left over.

• 8 tanks can be filled, and 0 fish will be left over.

• 7 tanks can be filled, and 1 fish will be left over.

A chef has 99 ingredients and wants to organize them into containers that hold 12 ingredients each. How many containers can he fill, and how many ingredients will be left?

• 8 containers filled, 3 ingredients left

• 7 containers filled, 5 ingredients left

• 9 containers filled, 0 ingredients left

• 6 containers filled, 9 ingredients left