Question

Dru is playing an online game. He will equally divide 34,703 bells among the people who are on his island 30 minutes from now. At the end of 30 minutes, there are 9 people on his island. How many bells will Dru have left after equally dividing them among the people on his island?

Answer 1

Answer: Dru will have 8 bells left.

Explanation:

Simple division:

34703/9

Nearest number divisible by 9 but not greater: 34695.

The difference between them is 8, which is the remainder.

Dru will have 8 bells left.