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Gina made 47 gingerbread cookies which she will distribute equally in tiny glass jars. If each jar is to contain six cookies each, how many cookies will not be placed in a jar? (Think, "What is the remainder?")
47 ÷ 6 = 7 remainder 5.
5 cookies will not be placed in a jar.
Marian baked oatmeal cookies for her classmates. If she can place 12 cookies on a tray at a time, how many trays will she need to prepare 276 oatmeal cookies at a time?
276 ÷ 12 = 23 She will need 23 trays.
Anna made 33 blueberry cookies. If she shares this equally among her four friends, how many will each receive? Will there be any cookies leftover?
33 ÷ 4 = 8 remainder 1 Each of Anna’s four friends will receive 8 blueberry cookies. There is one cookie leftover.
Sheila was into history of Asia. She can read 11 pages per hour of the book entitled “Asia’s History Made Easy”. If the book has 143 pages, how many hours did it take Sheila to finish reading the book?
143 ÷ 11 = 13 It took Sheila 13 hours to finish reading the book.
Matt made some juice from fresh oranges. If he used 2 oranges per glass of juice and he made 6 glasses of juice, how many oranges did he use?
2 x 6 = 12 He used 12 oranges.
Marian prepared 59 croissants which she plans to give to her 8 neighbors. If each neighbor received and equal number of croissants, how many will be left with Marian?
59 ÷ 8 = 7 remainder 3 There were 3 croissants left with Marian.
Linda's friends were coming over that afternoon, so she made 480 bite-sized pretzels. If one serving is equal to 12 pretzels, how many servings of bite-sized pretzels was Linda able to prepare?
480 ÷ 12 = 40 Marian was able to prepare 40 servings of bite-sized pretzels.
Cristina baked 17 croissants. If she planned to serve this equally to her seven guests and eat any leftovers herself. How many croissants will Cristina’s guests receive?
17 ÷ 7 = 2 remainder 3 Each guest will have 2 croissants.
Melody made Christmas cards for the elderly in a nursing home. She had 99 blue sequins which she plans to use as snowflakes for the cards. If she distributes the sequins equally to 12 cards, how many sequins will Melody have left?
99 ÷ 12 = 8 remainder 3 Melody will have 3 sequins left.
Your class is having a pizza party. You buy 5 pizzas. Each pizza has 4 slices. How many slices is that altogether?
5 x 4 = 20 There are 20 slices of pizza altogether.
John baked 53 lemon cupcakes for the children in the preschool nearby. How many boxes with 3 lemon cupcakes each were given away, and how many were left over?
53 ÷ 3 = 17 remainder 2
Bruce’s mother collected all family pictures and wanted to place all of them in an album. If an album can contain 20 pictures, how many albums will his mother need if there are 480 pictures?
480 ÷ 20 = 24 She will need 24 albums.
Allen read about the solar system. He read 10 pages a day of a book which has 120 pages. How many days did it take Allen to finish reading the book?
120 ÷ 10 = 12 It took Allen 12 days to finish reading the book.
Melody had 35 mistletoe stickers and wanted to place them equally in 8 cards. How many mistletoe stickers will she have left?
35 ÷ 8 = 4 remainder 3 She will have 3 mistletoe stickers left.
The Razorback T-shirt Shop ordered 12 cases of t-shirts. If each case contains 24 t-shirts, how many t-shirts did they order?
12 x 24 = 288 They ordered 288 t-shirts
Susie's mom prepared 74 carrot sticks for breakfast. If the carrots were served equally to 12 people, how many carrot sticks were left uneaten?
74 ÷ 12 = 6 remainder 2 There were 2 carrot sticks left uneaten.
Two brothers had 119 toy cars wrapped in colorful shiny wrappers. If they are to distribute the toy cars equally to the 9 houses in the first block, how may toy cars will each house receive?
119 ÷ 9 = 13 remainder 2 Each house will receive 13 colorful toy cars.
Charles was curious about Greek mythology, so he read 8 pages a day of a 99-page book entitled “Greek Mythology: Fast Facts”. How many days did it take Charles to finish the book? How many pages did he read on the last day?
99 ÷ 8 = 12 remainder 3 It took Charles 13 days to finish the book; he read 3 pages on the last day.
Lexie has a lot of art materials. She needs to organize all these materials into containers. She counted her crayons and found out that she has 80 crayons which she will place in crayon boxes. Every crayon box can contain 8 crayons. How many crayon boxes does she need?
80 ÷ 8 = 10 She needs 10 crayon boxes.
The Razorback T-shirt Shop makes $9 dollars off each t-shirt sold. During the Arkansas and Texas Tech game they sold 200 t-shirts. How much money did they make from selling the t-shirts?
9 x 200 = 1,800 They made $1,800 from selling t-shirts.
Rachel’s father repaired the bookshelves in the reading room. If he has 210 books to be distributed equally on the 10 shelves he repaired, how many books will each shelf contain? Are there any books leftover?
210 ÷ 10 = 21 Each shelf will contain 21 books. There are no books leftover.
Friends gathered paper to create some star-shaped paper ornaments. If each star requires 20 pieces of paper and they had 680 pieces of paper, how many stars were they able to make? Was there any paper left over?
680 ÷ 20 = 34 They were able to make 34 stars. There was no paper leftover
Lex read a 43-page book about music and the most popular 12 instruments. If he read only 3 pages a day, how many days will it take Lex to finish reading the book? How many pages did he read on the last day?
43 ÷ 3 = 14 remainder 1 It will take Lex 15 days to finish the book. He only read one page on the last day.
Andrew is having his friends over for game night. He decided to prepare snacks and games. He started by making mini sandwiches. If he has 4 friends coming over and he made 3 sandwiches for each one of them, how many sandwiches did he make?
4 x 3 = 12 He made 12 sandwiches in total.
Bryan has always been fond of studying rocks and minerals. He has a room full of samples of different types of rocks. One particular day, he went into the room to take a look at his mineral samples. If he has 65 samples of minerals per shelf, and he has a total of 7 shelves, how many mineral samples does he have?
65 x 7 = 455 He has 455 mineral samples.