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02-06-2017
Mathematics

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A school principal ordered 1,000 pencils. He gave an equal number to each of 7 teachers until he had given out as many as possible. How many pencils were left?

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02-06-2017

1000/7 = 142.857142857

Because this is not an even number we take "142", then times it by 7 teachers.

142*7= 994

1000 - 994 = 6 Pencils left

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