Remainders in Real Life: Fun with Sharing and Grouping

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?

• 3 full boxes and 2 cookies left over

• 5 full boxes and no cookies left over

• 2 full boxes and 5 cookies left over

• 4 full boxes and 1 cookie left over

Sarah has 43 marbles and wants to share them equally among her 5 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left over?

• Each friend gets 10 marbles, and 3 marbles are left over.

• Each friend gets 9 marbles, and 2 marbles are left over.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and 3 marbles are left over.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and 8 marbles are left over.

A farmer has 78 apples and wants to put them into bags of 10. How many bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 8 bags, 2 apples remaining

• 7 bags, 8 apples remaining

• 5 bags, 18 apples remaining

• 6 bags, 12 apples remaining

Tom has 56 stickers and wants to give them to his 8 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend receive, and how many will he have left?

• Each friend receives 6 stickers, and Tom has 8 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 5 stickers, and Tom has 16 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 8 stickers, and Tom has 0 stickers left.

• Each friend receives 7 stickers, and Tom has 0 stickers left.

A teacher has 34 pencils and wants to distribute them to 6 students. How many pencils will each student get, and how many will be left over?

• Each student gets 5 pencils, and 4 pencils are left over.

• Each student gets 4 pencils, and 10 pencils are left over.

• Each student gets 5 pencils, and 5 pencils are left over.

• Each student gets 6 pencils, and 8 pencils are left over.

Lily is organizing a party and has 90 balloons. If she wants to tie them in groups of 8, how many groups can she make, and how many balloons will be left?

• 12 groups, 6 balloons left

• 11 groups, 2 balloons left

• 10 groups, 5 balloons left

• 9 groups, 3 balloons left

A library has 150 books and wants to place them on shelves that hold 12 books each. How many shelves will be completely filled, and how many books will be left over?

• 11 shelves filled, 9 books left over

• 13 shelves filled, 0 books left over

• 10 shelves filled, 10 books left over

• 12 shelves filled, 6 books left over

In a game, a player collects 95 points and can earn 7 points per round. How many complete rounds can the player play, and how many points will be left?

• 12 complete rounds, 11 points left

• 10 complete rounds, 25 points left

• 13 complete rounds, 4 points left

• 14 complete rounds, 1 point left

A gardener has 120 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 15. How many complete rows can he plant, and how many flowers will remain?

• 9 complete rows and 0 flowers remain

• 8 complete rows and 0 flowers remain

• 7 complete rows and 5 flowers remain

• 6 complete rows and 6 flowers remain

A toy store has 200 toys and wants to pack them into boxes of 25. How many boxes can they fill, and how many toys will be left over?

• 7 boxes, 5 toys left over

• 8 boxes, 0 toys left over

• 6 boxes, 10 toys left over

• 9 boxes, 1 toy left over