Estimating Remainders in Fun Multi-Step Math Problems

A bakery made 120 cookies. They packed them into boxes of 8 cookies each. How many full boxes did they pack, and how many cookies were left over?

• 15 full boxes, 0 cookies left over

• 16 full boxes, 1 cookie left over

• 12 full boxes, 4 cookies left over

• 14 full boxes, 2 cookies left over

Sarah has 45 marbles. She wants to share them equally among her 6 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left with Sarah?

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 3 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 6 marbles, and Sarah has 9 marbles left.

• Each friend gets 8 marbles, and Sarah has 1 marble left.

• Each friend gets 7 marbles, and Sarah has 5 marbles left.

A farmer has 250 apples. He sells them in bags of 10 apples each. How many bags can he fill, and how many apples will remain?

• 24 bags, 2 apples remaining

• 25 bags, 0 apples remaining

• 26 bags, 4 apples remaining

• 20 bags, 10 apples remaining

Tom read 75 pages of a book. If he reads 15 pages each day, how many days will it take him to finish the book, and how many pages will he have left after 4 days?

• It will take Tom 4 days to finish the book, and he will have 20 pages left after 4 days.

• It will take Tom 5 days to finish the book, and he will have 15 pages left after 4 days.

• It will take Tom 7 days to finish the book, and he will have 10 pages left after 4 days.

• It will take Tom 6 days to finish the book, and he will have 30 pages left after 4 days.

A school has 300 pencils. If they distribute them equally among 25 students, how many pencils will each student receive, and how many will be left over?

• Each student receives 12 pencils, and there are 0 pencils left over.

• Each student receives 12 pencils, and there are 5 pencils left over.

• Each student receives 15 pencils, and there are 5 pencils left over.

• Each student receives 10 pencils, and there are 5 pencils left over.

Lily has 90 stickers. She wants to give them to her 4 friends equally. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will Lily keep?

• Each friend gets 25 stickers, and Lily keeps 5 stickers.

• Each friend gets 22 stickers, and Lily keeps 2 stickers.

• Each friend gets 20 stickers, and Lily keeps 10 stickers.

• Each friend gets 30 stickers, and Lily keeps 0 stickers.

A toy store has 150 toys. They want to arrange them in rows of 12. How many complete rows can they make, and how many toys will be left?

• 13 complete rows and 2 toys left

• 11 complete rows and 9 toys left

• 10 complete rows and 0 toys left

• 12 complete rows and 6 toys left

A library has 500 books. If they donate 125 books to a local school, how many books will they have left? If they then decide to organize the remaining books into groups of 10, how many groups will they have?

• 37

• 40

• 38

• 36

A gardener planted 240 flowers in 15 rows. How many flowers are in each row? If he wants to plant 5 more flowers in each row, how many flowers will he have in total?

• 300

• 280

• 250

• 315

A pizza shop made 200 slices of pizza. If they sell them in boxes of 10 slices each, how many boxes can they sell, and how many slices will be left?

• 15 boxes, 5 slices left

• 25 boxes, 0 slices left

• 20 boxes, 0 slices left

• 10 boxes, 10 slices left