Last year, Bill's farm produced 768,000 oranges. If Bill distributed his apples evenly across 9 different retail shops, how many apples remained with him.
Pick:
A) 1 orange B) 2 oranges C) 3 oranges D) 4 oranges E) 5 oranges
This is equivalent to finding the first number that is divisible by 9 that occurs before 768,000 oranges.   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 768,000 = 21 and 18 is divisible by 9.   Hence, we need to remove 3 to this number for it to be divisible by 9   3 orangesorrect Option: 3 oranges
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Last year, Bill's farm produced 768,000 oranges. If Bill distributed his apples evenly across 9 different retail shops, how many apples remained with him.