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I went to the store to buy candy for my family. If I bought a total of 42 pieces of candy and I give my family of five the most pieces of candy each, how many pieces of candy do I have leftover for myself?
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I went to the store to buy candy for my family. If I bought a total of 42 pieces of candy and I give my family of five the most pieces of candy each, how many pieces of candy do I have leftover for myself?

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you will have 2 pieces left for yourself.
because 42 divided by 5 will not give you a whole number you set aside two because 40 is divisible by 5 leaving you with the whole number of 8 pieces for each family member and two remaining for yourself.
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