Question

An art teacher wants to sort 62 colored pencils into desktop pencil holders. She wants to put 8 pencils into each holder. She does the

problem 62 - 8 = 7 r6.
What does the remainder in the answer tell her?

Answer 1

Answer: See explanation

Explanation:

Since the teacher has 62 colored pencils and wants to put 8 pencils into each holder, when she does this, she can only put the pencils in 7 holders. This will be:

= 62 / 8

= 7 6/8

Therefore, there'll be 6 pencils left. This means the 6 pencils doesn't make up 8 pencils and can't be put in a holder.