Question

a carpenter have 1,467 pieces of wood. he use 8 pieces of wood to make one table, if he use all the wood to make tables how many pieces of wood will the carpenter have left over

Answer 1

The answer is 3 pieces left over.

Answer 2

3

Explanation:

1467 = 1400 +67

1400 is an even number of hundreds, so is divisible by 8.

67 = 64 +3 = (8·8 +3) so is divisible by 8 with a remainder of 3.

The carpenter will have 3 pieces left over.

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Alternate solution

1467/8 = 183.375

The carpenter can make 183 tables and will have wood for 0.375 tables left. That corresponds to 0.375×8 = 3 pieces left.