Question

$25$ pirates have altogether collected $1275$ gold coins. The money should be distributed among the pirates equally.
Find the amount of coins that each one will get.

• A. $51$
• B. $35$
• C. $45$
• D. $47$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $51$

Total number of gold coins $=1275$.
Number of pirates $=25$.

To find number of gold coins earned by each pirate, you need to divide $1275$ by $25$.

Here,
Divisor = $25$
Dividend = $1275$

Let's write $1275$ in expanded form.
$\Rightarrow 1275$ = $1000$ + $200$ + $70$ + $5$

Now solving the division using box method,


You got the partial quotients as:
$40$ , $8$ , $2$ and $1$

∴ Final quotient is:
$40$ + $8$ + $2$ + $1$ = $51$

So, each pirate will receive $51$ gold coins.