$123$ school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry $8$ girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all $123$ school girls?

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To find the number of vans, we divide $123$ by $8.$

$\Rightarrow \frac{123}{8} = 15$ and remainder $= 3$
So $15$ vans are needed to transport $15 \times 8 = 120$ girls,

and $1$ van is needed to transport the $3$ remaining girls.

$∴$ A total of $16$ vans are needed.

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123 school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry 8 girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all 123 school girls?

To find the number of vans, we divide 123 by 8.⇒1238=15 and remainder =3So 15 vans are needed to transport 15×8=120 girls, and 1 van is needed to transport the 3 remaining girls.∴ A total of 16 vans are needed.

$123$ school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry $8$ girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all $123$ school girls?

To find the number of vans, we divide $123$ by $8.$

$\Rightarrow \frac{123}{8} = 15$ and remainder $= 3$
So $15$ vans are needed to transport $15 \times 8 = 120$ girls,

and $1$ van is needed to transport the $3$ remaining girls.

$∴$ A total of $16$ vans are needed.