A store worker wants to pack 137 cans into boxes. Each box can hold 9 cans. The worker fills as many boxes as possible. How many cans does the worker have left?

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Answer 1

Let's do some long division here:

    15 R2

9|137

   -9 

    47

   -45

      2

 

There are two cans left over.

 

EDIT: I am not getting underlines drawn for some reason, so here's what's happening:

9 * 1 = 9

13 - 9 = 4

Drop the 7 to get 47.

9 * 5 = 45

47 - 45 = 2

Nothing left to drop down, so we have a remainder of 2.