Word Problems with No Remainder
Lucas, Luke, and Maxton decided to split their Halloween candy equally. They collected a total of 450 pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy do they each get after splitting it equally?
150 pieces of candy
4187 / 23 =
182 R 1
Gio and Luke bought 23 baseball cards to share equally between the two of them. How many full cards does each boy get?
11 cards
(You have to drop the remainder because 1 card cannot be split)
What is the answer to a division problem called?
quotient
What does "interpret the remainder" mean?
Decide if you need to round up to include the remainder or ignore the remainder
Wyatt and Noah built 6 cars out of legos. They started with 1530 legos and used the same amount of legos on each car. How many legos did each car contain?
255 legos
982 / 8 =
122 R6
Jake and Aurora are packing 38 books into boxes for a school book drive. Each box can hold 8 books. How many boxes will they need to pack ALL of the books?
5 boxes
( You have to round up 1 box for the remaining books)
What is the number called that is the total amount being divided?
dividend
5587 / 17
328 R 11
Aurora, Kanda, and Charlotte were making cake pops for the entire 5th grade. They made 120 cake pops and divided them between the 3 classes. How many cake pops did each class get?
40 Cake pops
1873 / 11
170 R3
Kanda, Lucas, and Charlotte collected 29 cupcakes to share equally among the three of them. After everyone receives an equal amount of whole cupcakes, how many cupcakes are left over?
2 cupcakes are left over
What is the number you are dividing by. It tells you how many equal groups you are making or how many items go into each group.
divisor
Aurora and Kanda are organizing 195 crafts to pack into gift boxes for a community fair. Each gift box can hold 12 crafts.
After filling as many complete gift boxes as possible, how many extra crafts are left over?
3 crafts are left over
Jake and Dalton collected 8415 aluminum cans. The recycling center will take them in bundles of 33 cans. How many bundles of cans can they turn into the recycling center?
255 cans
8433 / 24
351 R9
Max, Dalton, and Wyatt are going on a camping trip with their families. There are 26 people in total going on the trip. If each tent can hold 4 people, how many tents will they need so that everyone gets a place to sleep?
7 tents
(You have to round up for the 2 that will need a tent as well)
The number that does not create an equal group or what is "left over" is called the
remainder
Mrs. Helms is planning a field trip to the science museum for her 5th-grade class. There are 76 people (students and chaperones) going on the trip. If each rental minivan can hold 6 people, how many minivans will Mrs. Helms need to reserve so that everyone gets a seat?
13 Mini Vans
Gio and Evan are packing gift boxes for their school's charity drive. They filled 14 boxes, putting exactly 8 toys into each box. If they used all the toys they collected and had none left over, how many total toys did Gio and Evan collect?
112 toys
6073 / 58
104 R 41
Noah and Evan are packing 142 slices of pizza into insulated boxes for a school fundraiser. Each box holds 15 slices of pizza. How many full boxes can Noah and Evan completely fill?
9 Full boxes
What is a "key word" in a word problem that tells you to divide?
share, split, equal(ly), groups, divided into, arranged into.
Mrs. Helms, Mrs. Mauer, and Mrs. Storm are throwing a massive pizza party for all of their 5th-grade classes combined. There are 86 students in total attending the party.
If each large pizza is cut into 8 slices, and they want to make sure every single student gets exactly one slice, how many pizzas do the teachers need to order?
11 Pizzas