Question

There are $486$ sacks of cement, which need to be transported to a contraction site from a warehouse. There are $9$ trucks available for the transportation facility. Is it possible to evenly distribute the load? Answer in Yes/ No.

Answer 1

To distribute the load of 486 sacks of cement in 9 trucks evenly. 486 must be completely divisible by 9.

For the number $486$ to be divisible by $9,$ the sum of digits must be divisible by $9.$

$4+8+6=18$
$18$ is divisible by $9.$

$\therefore$ It is possible to distribute $486$ sacks into $9$ trucks evenly.