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S E C T ION 1. 7 I DIVIDING WHOLE NUMBERS 67

Concept Check Which of the following is the correct way to represent
“the quotient of 60 and 12”? Or are both correct? Explain your answer.
a. 12 , 60 b. 60 , 12

Example 10 Finding Shared Earnings PRACTICE 10
Three college students share a paper route to earn money for expenses. The total Three students bought 171
in their fund after expenses was $2895. How much is each person’s equal share? blank CDs to share equally.
How many CDs did each
Solution:
person get?
In Each person’s total number of
words: share = money , persons

∂ ∂ ∂
Each person’s
Translate: = 2895 , 3
share
Then 965
32895
-27
19
-18
15
-15
0
Each person’s share is $965.

Work Practice 10
Example 11 Dividing Number of Downloads PRACTICE 11

As part of a promotion, an executive receives 238 cards, each good for one free Printers can be packed 12 to a
song download. If she wants to share them evenly with 19 friends, how many box. If 532 printers are to be
download cards will each friend receive? How many will be left over? packed but only full boxes are
shipped, how many full boxes
Solution:
will be shipped? How many
printers are left over and not
In Number of cards number of number of shipped?
words: for each person = cards , friends

∂ ∂ ∂
Number of cards
Translate: = 238 , 19
for each person
12 R 10
19238
-19
48
-38
Answers
10
10. 57 CDs
Each friend will receive 12 download cards.The cards cannot be divided equally 11. 44 full boxes; 4 printers left over
among her friends since there is a nonzero remainder.There will be 10 download
cards left over.
Concept Check Answers
Work Practice 11 a. incorrect b. correct