Ronnie has 35 rings and wants to put them in his jewelry box.
The box has 2 rows and each row has room for ten rings.
If he fills the jewelry box, how many rings will be left out?
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Ronnie has 35 rings and wants to put them in his jewelry box.
The box has 2 rows and each row has room for ten rings.
If he fills the jewelry box, how many rings will be left out?
To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:
Now, let's work through each step:
Step 1: The problem gives us 35 rings. The jewelry box has 2 rows, and each row can hold 10 rings.
Step 2: We'll calculate the total capacity of the jewelry box:
The capacity of one row is rings. Since there are 2 rows, the total capacity is rings.
Step 3: To find out how many rings will be left out after filling the box, subtract the box's total capacity from the total number of rings:
Therefore, the number of rings that will be left out is .
If we have 67 blocks in total, how many blocks will remain if we remove 5 tens and 4 ones?
Because you have 2 groups with 10 items each! Think of it like having 2 boxes with 10 cookies in each box - you'd have 2 × 10 = 20 total cookies, not 2 + 10 = 12.
The problem asks how many rings are left out, which means Ronnie fills the box completely first. With 35 rings and only 20 spaces, he must leave some rings out!
Always subtract capacity from total items: . If you did , you'd get a negative number, which doesn't make sense for leftover rings!
Yes! You could think of it as remainder . The remainder tells you exactly how many rings won't fit in the box.
Without knowing the box holds 20 total rings, you can't solve the problem! Always find the total capacity by multiplying rows × rings per row before finding what's left over.
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