Question

Mrs. Johnson has 159 chickens that she puts in shelters at night to keep safe. She places 12 chickens in a shelter and continues putting this number of chickens in each shelter until she comes to the last one. How many chickens will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter?

Answer 1

3 chickens will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter

Explanation:

According to the question,

Given,Mrs. Johnson has 159 chickens that she puts in shelters at night to keep safe. She places 12 chickens in a shelter .

thus,If she put 12 chickens in each 13 shelters ( 12×13=156 chickens) adjusted in shelters .

Then, the remaining 159-156 = 3 chicken will Mrs. Johnson put in the last shelter .