A school district has $\$ 8,958$ to spend on new textbooks. Each textbook costs $\$ 79$ . If the district buys as many textbooks as it can, how much money will be left over? $\newline$ $\$$ $\square$

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Q. A school district has

\$ 8,958

to spend on new textbooks. Each textbook costs

\$ 79

. If the district buys as many textbooks as it can, how much money will be left over?

\newline

\$

\square

Calculate Textbooks Quantity: First, we need to determine how many textbooks the school district can buy with the available funds. To do this, we divide the total amount of money by the cost of one textbook. $\newline$ Calculation: $\$8,958 \div \$79$
Determine Total Cost: Perform the division to find out the number of textbooks that can be purchased. $\newline$ Calculation: $8958 \div 79 = 113.39$ $\newline$ Since the district can only buy whole textbooks, they can purchase $113$ textbooks.
Calculate Remaining Amount: Next, we calculate the total cost of buying $113$ textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: $113$ textbooks $\times$ $\$79$ per textbook
Calculate Remaining Amount: Next, we calculate the total cost of buying $113$ textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: $113$ textbooks $\times$ $\$79$ per textbookPerform the multiplication to find the total cost. $\newline$ Calculation: $113 \times 79 = \$\$8,927$ \)
Calculate Remaining Amount: Next, we calculate the total cost of buying $113$ textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: $113$ textbooks $\times$ $\$79$ per textbookPerform the multiplication to find the total cost. $\newline$ Calculation: $113 \times 79 = \$\$8,927$ \)Now, we need to find out how much money will be left over after purchasing the textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: Total money available - Total cost of textbooks
Calculate Remaining Amount: Next, we calculate the total cost of buying $113$ textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: $113$ textbooks $\times$ $\$79$ per textbookPerform the multiplication to find the total cost. $\newline$ Calculation: $113 \times 79 = \$\$8,927$ \)Now, we need to find out how much money will be left over after purchasing the textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: Total money available - Total cost of textbooksPerform the subtraction to find the remaining amount. $\newline$ Calculation: $\$8,958$ - $\$8,927$
Calculate Remaining Amount: Next, we calculate the total cost of buying $113$ textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: $113$ textbooks $\times$ $\$79$ per textbookPerform the multiplication to find the total cost. $\newline$ Calculation: $113 \times 79 = \$\$8,927$ \)Now, we need to find out how much money will be left over after purchasing the textbooks. $\newline$ Calculation: Total money available - Total cost of textbooksPerform the subtraction to find the remaining amount. $\newline$ Calculation: $\$8,958$ - $\$8,927$ Complete the subtraction to get the final answer. $\newline$ Calculation: $8958 - 8927 = \$\$31$ \)