Question

Sita wants to buy books of five hundred-rupees and she has 12 fifty-rupees notes. How many notes will she have after the payment?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

The question was asked in a national level competition.

This question is from Applications of Linear Equation (Create and Solve the Equations) topic in division Linear Equations in One Variable of Mathematics – Class 8

Answer 1

Correct answer is (b) 2

Best explanation: If Sita wants to pay five hundred-rupees in fifty-rupees notes then she has to give the shopkeeper 10 notes each of fifty-rupees. After giving 10 notes, she will be left with 2 notes. Hence, the correct answer to this question is 2.