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A pretzel factory sells pretzels in packets of 10 if the factory makes 65000 pretzels how many packets will need to be made?

A. 6,500 packets
B. 6,501 packets
C. 6,499 packets
D. 6,502 packets

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Final answer:

To find out the number of packets needed for 65,000 pretzels with 10 pretzels per packet, divide 65,000 by 10, which equals 6,500 packets. No additional packets are needed since there's no remainder.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many packets will need to be made when a pretzel factory produces 65,000 pretzels with each packet containing 10 pretzels, we carry out a simple division: 65,000 ÷ 10. The result of this division will provide the number of packets required.

65,000 ÷ 10 equals 6,500.

Therefore, the factory will need to make 6,500 packets to package 65,000 pretzels. This division did not leave any remainder, so there is no need for an additional packet to hold any extra pretzels. When working with such large numbers, it's often helpful to understand the concept of percentage, as it could reveal what proportion of a packet is filled, but in this case, since the total number of pretzels is exactly divisible by the number in each packet, there is no leftover and thus no need for percentages.

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