Equal Sharing & Remainders: Fun Math Challenges for 3rd Grade

Lily has 24 apples. She wants to share them equally among 6 friends. How many apples will each friend get? If there are any apples left, how many will remain?

• Each friend gets 5 apples, and there are 4 apples left.

• Each friend gets 3 apples, and there are 6 apples left.

• Each friend gets 6 apples, and there are 0 apples left.

• Each friend gets 4 apples, and there are 0 apples left.

A baker made 48 cookies. He wants to pack them into boxes that hold 8 cookies each. How many boxes can he fill? Will there be any cookies left over?

• 6 boxes, no cookies left over

• 4 boxes, 8 cookies left over

• 7 boxes, no cookies left over

• 5 boxes, 3 cookies left over

Tom has 36 marbles. He wants to divide them equally into 4 bags. How many marbles will be in each bag? If he has 2 marbles left, what does that mean for the bags?

• 7 marbles in each bag, with 5 marbles left over.

• 9 marbles in each bag, with 2 marbles left over.

• 8 marbles in each bag, with 4 marbles left over.

• 10 marbles in each bag, with no marbles left over.

A teacher has 60 pencils and wants to give them equally to 5 students. How many pencils will each student receive? Are there any pencils left after sharing?

• Each student will receive 10 pencils, and there are 10 pencils left.

• Each student will receive 15 pencils, and there are no pencils left.

• Each student will receive 12 pencils, and there are 5 pencils left.

• Each student will receive 12 pencils, and there are no pencils left.

Sarah bought 45 stickers and wants to put them into 9 albums. How many stickers will go in each album? If she has 6 stickers left, what does that mean?

• 7

• 6

• 4

• 5

A farmer has 72 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons of 12. How many cartons will he fill? Will there be any eggs left over?

• The farmer will fill 6 cartons and there will be no eggs left over.

• The farmer will fill 5 cartons and have 2 eggs left over.

• The farmer will fill 7 cartons and have 3 eggs left over.

• The farmer will fill 6 cartons and have 12 eggs left over.

In a library, there are 90 books. If 10 students want to share them equally, how many books will each student get? How many books will be left after sharing?

• Each student gets 8 books and there are 2 books left.

• Each student gets 7 books and there are 3 books left.

• Each student gets 9 books and there are 0 books left.

• Each student gets 10 books and there are 0 books left.

A toy store has 50 toy cars. If they want to display them in groups of 5, how many groups can they make? Will there be any cars left over?

• 9 groups, 1 car left over

• 12 groups, no cars left over

• 8 groups, 2 cars left over

• 10 groups, no cars left over

Emma has 80 candies and wants to share them with 4 friends. How many candies will each friend get? If there are 2 candies left, what does that mean?

• Each friend gets 25 candies.

• Each friend gets 15 candies.

• Each friend gets 30 candies.

• Each friend gets 20 candies.

A gardener has 100 flowers and wants to plant them in rows of 10. How many rows can he plant? Will there be any flowers left after planting?

• 10 rows, no flowers left

• 10 rows, 5 flowers left

• 11 rows, no flowers left

• 9 rows, 10 flowers left