Question

Soni has 196 pencils. if she puts equal amounts of pencils into eight boxes,she has four pencils left.How many pencils does she put in the box?
which strategy could help solve this world problem?
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Answer 1

24 pencils in each box...

you would take 196 and minus it by 4 which is 192, then divide 192 by 8, which will give you 24 then 4 left over pencils