A kenne is moving 160 dogs to a new facility. Each dog has its own crate. The facility manager rents 17 trucks. Each truck holds

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A kenne is moving 160 dogs to a new facility. Each dog has its own crate. The facility manager rents 17 trucks. Each truck holds

9 dogs in their crates.
Write a division problem that can be used to find the number of trucks needed to carry the dogs in the crates.

Mathematics

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Margarita [4] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-10T13:48:17+03:00

Margarita [4]3 years ago

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160 9 = 17 r7
A remainder of 7 means that 7 dogs and their crates do not fit in the 17 trucks.

Having a remainder lets me know that not all of the dogs and their crates will fit in the 17 trucks. The facility manager did not rent enough trucks.