Question: Alma is taking a walk and comes across four goats standing behind a fence. Alma has a bag of baby carrots she brought to have for a snack and decides to feed the goats with them. Alma wants to make sure all the goats get the same amount of carrots, so she starts counting them out. She has 47 baby carrots. If she wants to give the exact same amount of carrots to each goat and wants to feed them all the carrots she can, how many will she have left over? Think carefully first, then make a decision:
Alma has 47 baby carrots to feed 3 goats, 47 / 4 = 11.75 baby carrots. If she takes away the remaining .75, each goat gets an even 11 carrots each. If Alma feeds 11 carrots to each of 4 goats, that's a total of 11 * 4 = 44 carrots Alma feeds the goats. She started with 47 baby carrots - 44 she feeds the goats = 3 baby carrots left over. So the answer is 3.