Question

Peter had 208 Canadian stamps and 186 Mexican stamps for sale. The stamps were mixed up and sold in packets of 6. How many packets of stamps were there? How many stamps were left over?

Answer 1

65 packets and 4 stamps

Explanation:

The first thing we see is that the stamps are mixed... which means they must be added.

208 + 186 = 394 stamps total

Now we see that each packet has 6 stamps. So we divide the number of stamps in total by 6.

394/6= 65.66667

Now we see from that number that the stamps can't quite make 66 packets, so there are 65 packets.

Now we find the number of stamps left over by multiplying the number of packets by 6.

65 x 6= 390

Now we take the total number of stamps minus the number of stamps in packets.

394 - 390 = 4

Therefore, there are four stamps left over.

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