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A teacher has 1,425 marbles to divide equally among 9 groups of students to use in an experiment. What is the least number of marbles he could have left after the marbles are distributed?

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You first have to divide 1,425/ 9, you’ll later then get the answer of 158 with a remainder of 3, the three can’t be evenly distributed and so THE ANSWER IS 3
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Answer:

3

Explanation:

Basically we need to find out whats the remainder of 1425 when you divide by 9.

1425/9 = 158 R3

R3 is 3 marbles left, so the answer is 3.

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