If you have 43 marbles. You divide them equally among some sacks. How many sacks must you use to get fewer than 8that marbles in each sack?

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7 is "few than 8."

43/7 = 6 bags with one marble left over.

Since 43 is a prime number, it cannot be done exactly.
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