Advanced Mathematics Primary 3 Multiplication and Division

A bookshop has 1 248 magazines. They are packed into bundles of 18 each. The remaining magazines that cannot fill a bundle are donated to a community library. The bundles are then loaded onto crates of 5 bundles each. How many bundles are NOT in a full crate?

A 3
B 4
C 9
D 1
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Step 1: Find how many full bundles of 18 magazines are made. 1 248 ÷ 18 = 69 bundles, remainder 6 magazines (donated to library). Step 2: Distribute 69 bundles into crates of 5. 69 ÷ 5 = 13 crates, remainder 4 bundles. Step 3: 4 bundles are NOT in a full crate. Answer: 4

Correct answer: 4

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