Homework Help: Division

Posted by Jo on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9:05pm.

If you have 43 marbles. You divide them equally among some sacks. How many sacks must you use to get fewer than 8that marbles in each sack?

Division - PsyDAG, Friday, December 14, 2012 at 2:09pm
7 is "few than 8."

43/7 = 6 bags with one marble left over.

Since 43 is a prime number, it cannot be done exactly.

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