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There are 56 twigs. The twigs are to be kept in bundles of 10. How many bundles can be made and how many will be left loose?
There are 56 twigs. The twigs are to be kept in bundles of 10. How many bundles can be made and how many will be left loose?
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Solution
The correct option is A Bundles: 5; Loose: 6
Detailed step-by-step solution:
56 can be represented as shown below.
So, 56 = 50 + 6
The twigs are to be kept in bundles of 10. As we can see in the image above, 56 has 5 Tens and 6 Ones.
Hence, we can conclude that 5 bundles can be made from 56 twigs and 6 twigs will be left loose.
Detailed step-by-step solution:
56 can be represented as shown below.
So, 56 = 50 + 6
The twigs are to be kept in bundles of 10. As we can see in the image above, 56 has 5 Tens and 6 Ones.
Hence, we can conclude that 5 bundles can be made from 56 twigs and 6 twigs will be left loose.
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