123 school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry 8 girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all 123 school girls?  Pick one
A) 4	B) 8	C) 16	D) 24	E) 32
To find the number of vans, we divide 123 by 8.   123 *8 = 15 and remainder = 3   So 15 vans are needed to transport 15 ? 8 = 120 girls, and 1 van is needed to transport the 3 remaining girls. A total of 16 vans are needed.   correct answer 16
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123 school girls are to be transported in small vans. Each van can carry 8 girls only. What is the smallest possible number of vans that are needed to transport all 123 school girls?