A company donates 9357 pencils to a school. The pencils are divided equally among 9 classrooms. The rest of the pencils are given to the library. How many pencils were donated to (a) the classroom (b) the library ?
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QUESTION-
A company donates 9357 pencils to a school. The pencils are divided equally among 9 classrooms. The rest of the pencils are given to the library. How many pencils were donated to (a) the classroom (b) the library ?
ANSWER-
(A) 1039 PENCILS✏️ WERE DONATED TO CLASSROOM.
(B) 6 PENCILS ✏️ WERE DONATED TO LIBRARY.
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Given that:
9357 pencils to schools and divided equally among 9 classrooms.
To find:
How many pencils were donated to the classroom and the library.
Solution:
No.of pencils donated = 9357
No.of pencils Divided }
for classrooms } = 9
Total No.of pencils. }
} = 9357/9
donated for classrooms} =1,039.66666667
Round off : 1039
So for 1 classroom 1039 pencils donated.
Totally:1039+1039+1039+1039+1039+1039+1039+1039+1039=9,351
Therefore totally 9,351 pencils were donated for 9 classrooms.
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ii) For library:
No.of pencils donated = 9,357
No.of pencils donated for classrooms = 9,351
Total No.of pencils donated for Library =
9,357 - 9,351= 6.
Therefore, 6 pencils were donated to Library.