Question

sweet tea has 1,258 staples that he will use to create art canvases. Each canvas requires 24 staples. How many canvases can he make and how many staples will he have remaining?

Answer 1

52 canvases with 10 staples left.

Explanation:

1258/24=52.4166666667

He can make 52 canvases.

Now lets see how many stapes he'll have remaining.

52*24=1248

This means that he'll use 1248 staples.

Now we can find the remainder.

1258-1248=10

He'll have 10 staples left.