Question

Ten children will share a bag of candy consisting of 78 pieces. Every child will receive the same number of pieces. What is the greatest number of pieces of candy each child can receive?

(This is division and has a reminder!)

Answer 1

The max that each chiles can receive is 7 pieces. This is because when you have a remainder in this type of equation that cannot pass it out without using fractions you keep it away.

Explanation:

Answer 2

78÷10=7.8, so roughly 7-8 pieces of candy per child.