Julius was asked to divide 833 marbles into four bags. How many marbles will be in each bag?

1 Answer
Dec 31, 2016

You first divide #800# into 4 bags, #200# to each bag, and #33# left.

Explanation:

Then you can make 4 groups of 8 to add to each bag. You will have 1 marble left.

Conclusion : #200+8=208# marbles in each bag, #1# left over.

In symbols: #833"\"4=208# and #833mod4=1#