Alex has 14 chocolate bars and each chocolate bar has 8 squares. He wants to divide them between his 9 cousins equally. Will she be able to divide them fully amongst them? How many square pieces does each get?
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Solution
Number of chocolates = 14
Number of square pieces per chocolate = 8
Total number of square pieces in total chocolates = 14×8 = 112
Now we have to divide them between 9 cousins.
we get the remainder as 4 so it cannot be divided fully between 9 cousins as 4 will be left.