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Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   31 May 2013, 23:52
3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!



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Re: Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   31 May 2013, 23:58
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3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!


EVENLY means that the remainder is 0
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Re: Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2013, 00:03
kiranck007 wrote:
3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!


I think the other way.
Evenly means that when we divide 12 by 3 we have an even quotient as 4 and remainder as zero.
For 15, I will say 3 goes into 15 oddly.
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Re: Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2013, 00:21
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3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!


The above statement just means that 12 is divisible by 3,ergo zero remainder. It has got nothing to do with the quotient being even/odd.

Ex- 3 goes evenly into 15.

It just means that 15 can be divided into 5 equal(even) parts.
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Re: Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   01 Jun 2013, 03:42
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kiranck007 wrote:
3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!


x divides k evenly, just means that x is a factor of k, divides k without leaving a remainder. For example, 3 divides 12 evenly --> 12/3=4.

Hope it helps.
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Re: Meaning of the sentence [#permalink] New post   04 Jun 2013, 21:15
kiranck007 wrote:
3 “goes into” 12 evenly

Hi, Does the above statement is meant to convey that the quotient is even ? or is it meant to convey that the remainder is 0? I am particularly concerned with the word "evenly". Thanks, in advance!


"Evenly" has remainder of 0, and 12 can be evenly distributed into 3 groups. What consists of those groups (4) shouldn't derive if a number is "gone into" evenly or oddly. Basically, I'm not so sure on what was said about "oddly"; I've never seen that before.

I hope this helps.



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