the library has 27 chairs and 5 tables. If the same number of chairs is placed at each table, how many chairs can be placed at each table
Thats not correct oobleck
assuming that you want to use as many chairs as possible, then 5, since
27/5 = 5 with 2 left over
The correct answer is 2 chairs being left over with 5 🪑 at each table
To find out how many chairs can be placed at each table, we can divide the total number of chairs by the number of tables. In this case, we have 27 chairs and 5 tables.
To divide 27 chairs equally among 5 tables, we perform the division: 27 ÷ 5.
The quotient of this division is the number of chairs that can be placed at each table. Let's calculate it:
27 ÷ 5 = 5 remainder 2.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a chair, we disregard the remainder. Therefore, we can place 5 chairs at each table.