There are 324,437 chicks in a farm. Jack wants to distribute these evenly across 9 different retail shops, how many chicks would remain with him.	Choose the correct choice from the following answers:  A) 1 chicks  B) 2 chicks  C) 3 chicks  D) 4 chicks  E) 5 chicks
This is equivalent to finding the first number that is divisible by 9 that occurs before 324,437.   In order to divide the sum in 9 parts, the amount must be divisible by 9   Divisibility rule of 9: The sum of the digits must be divisible by 9   Sum of digits of 324,437 = 23 and 18 is divisible by 9.   Hence, we need to remove 5 to this number for it to be divisible by 9   Correct Option: 5 chicks
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There are 324,437 chicks in a farm. Jack wants to distribute these evenly across 9 different retail shops, how many chicks would remain with him.