A bag of grapes is to be distributed evenly to 6 kids in a class, and the grapes that are left over will be thrown out. If each student receives the greatest possible number of grapes, what is the greatest possible number of grapes that could be thrown out?
A bag of grapes is to be distributed evenly to 6 kids in a class, and the grapes that are left over will be thrown out. If each student receives the greatest possible number of grapes, what is the greatest possible number of grapes that could be thrown out?
Well, it's 5. If there were more left over than that, each kid could get another grape(s) and it starts over.
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