Question

21 pirates collected 2720 gold coins yesterday. If they want to distribute the coins equally among themselves, how many coins will each pirate get?

• A. $75$
• B. $80$
• C. $85$
• D. $90$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $85$

Total number of gold coins = $2720$.
Total number of pirates =$21$.

To get number of coins collected by 1 pirate, divide $2720$ by $21$.

Do the division process by using box method.

So, here,
Divisor = $32$
Dividend = $2720$

Write this $2720$ in expanded form
$2720$ = $2000$ + $700$ + $20$ + $0$

Now, solving the division process using box method,


∴ Final quotient will be:
$62$ + $12$ + $1$ + $0$ = $85$

So, each pirate will get $85$ gold coins.