Question

The pencil pal factory wraps, pencils, and packages of six. Today there are 5750 pencils to be packaged. How many packages will there be? How many pencils will be left over?

Answer 1

There will be 958 packages of pencils (5750 pencils ÷ 6 pencils per package = 958.33 packages). Since we cannot have a fraction of a package, we will have 958 packages.

There will be 2 pencils left over (5750 pencils - 958 packages * 6 pencils per package = 2 pencils).