Mr. Adams divides 223 markers equally among the 26 students in his class. He puts the extra markers in a box. What is the least number of markers he puts in the box?
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Given :- Mr. Adams divides 223 markers equally among the 26 students in his class. He puts the extra markers in a box. What is the least number of markers he puts in the box ?
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dividing total markers with number of students we get,
26 ) 223 ( 8
208
15
so, we can say that, if Mr. adams add (26 - 15) = 11 markers, it will completely divisible by 26 .
→ 223 + 11 ÷ 23 = 234 ÷ 23 = Remainder 0 .
therefore, we can conclude that, Mr.adams puts 11 markers in the box .
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