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A cherry farmer has 744,591 cherries to put into jars. It takes 81 cherries to fill one jar. After the farmer fills as many jars as he can, how many cherries will be left over cherries

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A cherry farmer has 744,591 cherries to put into jars. It takes 81 cherries to fill one jar. After the farmer fills as many jars as he can, how many cherries will be left over?
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      To find out how many cherries will be left over after filling the jars, we need to divide the total number of cherries by the number of cherries needed for one jar, and then find the remainder.

      1. Total cherries: 744,591
      2. Cherries per jar: 81

      Now, we can perform the division:

      [ 744,591 div 81 = 9,186 text{ jars} ]

      To find the number of cherries used:

      [ 9,186 times 81 = 744,126 ]

      Next, we subtract the total cherries used from the initial amount:

      [ 744,591 – 744,126 = 465 ]

      So, there will be 465 cherries left over.

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