Question

A librarian has 883 books to shelve. Each shelf holds 98 books. How many books will be left after filling as many shelves as possible?

Answer 1

To find out how many books will be left after filling as many shelves as possible, we need to divide the total number of books by the number of books each shelf can hold and then find the remainder.

Given:
- Total number of books = 883
- Capacity of each shelf = 98

We perform the division:

\[
883 \div 98
\]

Calculating 883 divided by 98:

\[
883 \div 98 = 9 \quad \text{(This means 9 shelves can be filled)}
\]

Now, to find how many books that will cover, we calculate:

\[
9 \times 98 = 882
\]

Now we subtract the number of books that can be shelved from the total number of books:

\[
883 - 882 = 1
\]

Therefore, the number of books that will be left after filling as many shelves as possible is:

\[
\boxed{1}
\]