Question

A bag of candy containing 320 pieces is to be divided up into 18 smaller bags for distribution with fourteen left over. How many pieces will go in each bag?

Answer 1

17

Explanation:

A bag of candy contains 320 pieces

It is to be divided into 18 smaller bags with fourteen left over

Therefore the pieces that will go in each bag after the distributorn can be calculated as follows

= 320/18

= 17 remainder 14

Hence 17 pieces of candy will be in each bags