Math
Water stations will be placed every 600 meters of a fifteen kilometer race. How many water stations will be needed? (Hint: There are 1,000 meters in one kilometer.)
Math Antics - Long Division with 2-Digit Divisors
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Answer
Fifteen kilometers are 15000 meters.
We need to know how many water stations we can place in 15000 metres.
To get there we need to divide 15000 by 600 : 15000/600 as every 600 meters we can place a water station.
$$15000\div600$$
Solution: 25 water stations
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