Question

Jada has 126 blue marbles and 135 yellow marbles. She packages them in bags of 8 marbles each. She divides the total number of marbles by 8 and gets 32 R5. What is the correct interpretation of R5 for this situation? Jada can fill at most 32 bags with 5 marbles each. Jada has 5 bags left after filling 32 bags. Jada has 5 marbles left after filling 32 bags. Jada can fill 5 more bags after filling 32 bags.

Answer 1

Answer:

Jada has 5 marbles left after filling 32 bags.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jada has 126 blue marbles and 135 yellow marbles

Total Marbles=126+135=261

She divides by 8: 261/8=$32\frac{5}{8}$ i.e. 32 Remainder 5 marbles.

The correct interpretation is Jada has 5 marbles left after filling 32 bags.