Division Fun: Solving Word Problems with Remainders

There are 24 apples. If you want to put them into bags with 6 apples each, how many bags will you need?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 6

A teacher has 30 pencils and wants to give them equally to 5 students. How many pencils will each student get?

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 8

You have 15 cookies and want to share them with 4 friends. How many cookies will each friend get, and how many will be left over?

• Each friend gets 4 cookies, and 1 cookie will be left over.

• Each friend gets 2 cookies, and 7 cookies will be left over.

• Each friend gets 5 cookies, and there will be no cookies left over.

• Each friend gets 3 cookies, and 3 cookies will be left over.

A farmer has 50 eggs and wants to pack them into cartons of 12. How many full cartons can he make, and how many eggs will be left?

• 3 full cartons and 5 eggs left

• 4 full cartons and 4 eggs left

• 4 full cartons and 2 eggs left

• 5 full cartons and 0 eggs left

There are 18 students in a class. If they are divided into groups of 3, how many groups will there be?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 7

You have 27 stickers and want to share them with 4 friends. How many stickers will each friend get, and how many will you have left?

• Each friend gets 5 stickers, and you have 7 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and you have 3 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 8 stickers, and you have 3 stickers left.

• Each friend gets 6 stickers, and you have 6 stickers left.

A baker made 40 cupcakes and wants to put them in boxes of 8. How many boxes will he need?

• 5

• 7

• 6

• 4

You have 22 marbles and want to divide them among 5 friends. How many marbles will each friend get, and how many will be left over?

• Each friend gets 4 marbles, 2 marbles left over.

• Each friend gets 3 marbles, 7 marbles left over.

• Each friend gets 5 marbles, 1 marble left over.

• Each friend gets 4 marbles, 3 marbles left over.

A library has 36 books and wants to arrange them on shelves with 9 books each. How many shelves will be used?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 6

You have 45 toy cars and want to give them to 6 children. How many cars will each child get, and how many will be left?

• Each child gets 6 cars, and 9 cars will be left.

• Each child gets 8 cars, and 1 car will be left.

• Each child gets 7 cars, and 3 cars will be left.

• Each child gets 5 cars, and 15 cars will be left.