Sarah makes handmade jewelry. This month she has created 253 necklaces. If she distributes her jewelry evenly to the 6 jewelry stores in town, how many necklaces remain with her?	Choose one:  A) 0 necklaces  B) 1 necklace  C) 2 necklaces  D) 3 necklaces  E) 4 necklaces
We need to find the first number that is divisible by 6 that occurs before 253.   In order to divide the sum in 6 parts, the amount must be divisible by 6.   Divisibility rule of 6: A number is divisible by 6 if it is divisible by both 2 and 3   Divisibility rule of 3: A number is divisible by 3 if the sum of the digits is divisible by 3   We need to make this number even in order for it to be divisible by 2. So we must subtract an even number   Sum of digits of 253 = 10 and 9 is divisible by 3 and subtracting 1 yields an even number   Hence, we remove 1 from this number for it to be divisible by 6   Correct Option: 1 necklace
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Sarah makes handmade jewelry. This month she has created 253 necklaces. If she distributes her jewelry evenly to the 6 jewelry stores in town, how many necklaces remain with her?