Question

A kenne is moving 160 dogs to a new facility. Each dog has its own crate. The facility manager rents 17 trucks. Each truck holds 9 dogs in their crates.

Write a division problem that can be used to find the number of trucks needed to carry the dogs in the crates.

Answer 1

160 9 = 17 r7
A remainder of 7 means that 7 dogs and their crates do not fit in the 17 trucks.

Having a remainder lets me know that not all of the dogs and their crates will fit in the 17 trucks. The facility manager did not rent enough trucks.