Question

Gaurav had ₹1,38,500 with him. He could purchase a maximum of 11 sets of televisions with this amount. How much does each T.V. set cost? How much money will be left with him?

Answer 1

Total amount = ₹1,38,500
Number of TVs = 11
To find the cost of each TV, we have to divide 138500 by 11.
Let's try dividing 1385 by 11. We can get the actual quotient and remainder by adding two zeroes at the end.

$$\begin{array}{c}125\\ 111385\\ -\underset{–}{11}2\\ 28\\ -\underset{–}{22}\\ 65\\ -\underset{–}{55}\\ 10\end{array}$$Thus, we have a quotient of 125 and a remainder of 10.
The actual quotient and remainder after adding two zeroes at the end would be 12500 and 1000 respectively.
$\therefore$ Cost of each TV = ₹12,500
Money left with Gaurav = ₹1000