Question

The director of a pet shelter received a shipment of 1,110 puppy blankets. He stored the blankets equally in 27 boxes and put the leftover blankets in the puppy kennels. How many blankets were put in the puppy kennels?

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Answer 1

30

Explanation:

1110 ÷ 27 = 40.74 so if the blanket are stored equally in 27 boxes, you can only put the whole number of blankets in the boxes (40).

Now 40 × 27 = 1080 blankets

Puppy Kennels received 30 blankets (1110 - 1080 = 30)

Answer 2

3 blankets were put in the puppy kennels.

Explanation:

1110/27=41r3

remaining 3 are put in puppy kennels, 41 puppy blankets end up in each of the 27 boxes