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a student solves the problem 354 divided by 24. the student finds the answer of 13 and remainder 40. explain how you can tell that the answer is incorrect just by looking at the remainder.

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You an tell because the remainder is to big of a number

User Paul Osman
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354/24 is not 13 remainder 40 cuz 53 times 24 is 2279 and 13 times 24 is 312
so the remainder is 42


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