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Phillipe has 320 pieces of
candy that he wants to
hand out to the class. If he
has 27 classmates, how
many pieces will be left
over after giving everyone
an equal amount?
25

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Lanuel

The number of candies that will be left over after giving everyone an equal amount is equal to 23.

Given the following data:

  • Total number of candy = 320 pieces
  • Number of classmates = 27 classmates

To calculate the number of candies that will be left over after giving everyone an equal amount:

In this exercise, you're required to determine the number of candies Phillipe would have as left over after giving everyone in his class an equal amount of candies.

How to solve this word problem.

Thus, we would find the number of times 27 would divide 320 without any remainder.

[tex]\frac{320}{27} = 11 \frac{23}{27} [/tex]

  • From the mixed fraction, we can deduce that the remainder is 23.

Therefore, the number of candies that will be left over after giving everyone an equal amount is equal to 23.

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