A farmer wishes to place 3572 eggs in containers holding 12 eggs each. How many containers will be filled completely, and how many eggs will be left over?
+118723 $${\frac{{\mathtt{3\,572}}}{{\mathtt{12}}}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{893}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}} = {\mathtt{297.666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!7}}$$
So there are 297 dozen eggs with some left over.
There are a number of different ways of determining the number left over.
1) 0.666666.. = 2/3 and 2/3 of 12 eggs is 8 eggs so there will be 8 eggs left over.
or if that is confusing that you couold say
2) $${\mathtt{297}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{12}} = {\mathtt{3\,564}}$$ that is how many eggs are in the 297 containers.
to find the left overs just subtract this answer from the original number of eggs.
$${\mathtt{3\,572}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{3\,564}} = {\mathtt{8}}$$
.+118723 $${\frac{{\mathtt{3\,572}}}{{\mathtt{12}}}} = {\frac{{\mathtt{893}}}{{\mathtt{3}}}} = {\mathtt{297.666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!666\: \!7}}$$
So there are 297 dozen eggs with some left over.
There are a number of different ways of determining the number left over.
1) 0.666666.. = 2/3 and 2/3 of 12 eggs is 8 eggs so there will be 8 eggs left over.
or if that is confusing that you couold say
2) $${\mathtt{297}}{\mathtt{\,\times\,}}{\mathtt{12}} = {\mathtt{3\,564}}$$ that is how many eggs are in the 297 containers.
to find the left overs just subtract this answer from the original number of eggs.
$${\mathtt{3\,572}}{\mathtt{\,-\,}}{\mathtt{3\,564}} = {\mathtt{8}}$$
