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?	Choose the correct choice from the following
A) 16 vans B) 26 vans C) 12 vans D) 17 vans E) 10 vans
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 x 8 = 120 girls, and 1 van is needed to transport the 3 remaining girls. A total of 16 vans are needed.   correct answer 16 vans
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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?