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“I'll try 50. 8 50 = 400. Now I have 26 left.”
“Now I'll try 3. Since 8 3 = 24, there are 2 snack bags left over. Then 5386 divided by 8 is 673 (300 + 300 + 20 + 50 + 3) with remainder 2. Each person gets 673 Crunchy Nut snack bags with 2 left over.”
Romesh estimated to see if his answer was reasonable. He figured that 5386 is a little less than 5600. 5600 ÷ 8 = 700, so the answer should be a little less than 700. His answer of 673 R2 is reasonable.
Romesh checked his work for accuracy using multiplication. He wanted to make sure that 673 8 + 2 = 5386.
