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The smoke alarms in an office building need new batteries. Larry has 1,311 batteries.

Each office in the building needs 6 batteries. How many offices will get new batteries?
How many batteries will be left?

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Answer:

3 Batteries will be left

Explanation:

1,311/6=218.5

218 rooms get batteries

218*6=1,308

1,311-1,308=3

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