{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Amelia needs to estimate the quantity $\\frac{a}{b} - c$, where $a, b,$ and $c$ are large positive integers. She rounds each of the integers so that the calculation will be easier to do mentally. In which of these situations will her answer necessarily be greater than the exact value of $\\frac{a}{b} - c$?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ \\text{She rounds all three numbers up.}\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ and } b \\text{ up, and she rounds } c \\text{ down.}$ <br>$\\textbf{(C)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ and } c \\text{ up, and she rounds } b \\text{ down.} \\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ up, and she rounds } b \\text{ and } c \\text{ down.}$ <br>$\\textbf{(E)}\\ \\text{She rounds } c \\text{ up, and she rounds } a \\text{ and } b \\text{ down.}$\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "<p>Amelia needs to estimate the quantity <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\frac{a}{b} - c</span>, where <span class=\"katex--inline\">a, b,</span> and <span class=\"katex--inline\">c</span> are large positive integers. She rounds each of the integers so that the calculation will be easier to do mentally. In which of these situations will her answer necessarily be greater than the exact value of <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\frac{a}{b} - c</span>?</p>&#10;<p><span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ \\text{She rounds all three numbers up.}\\qquad\\textbf{(B)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ and } b \\text{ up, and she rounds } c \\text{ down.}</span> <br/><span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(C)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ and } c \\text{ up, and she rounds } b \\text{ down.} \\qquad\\textbf{(D)}\\ \\text{She rounds } a \\text{ up, and she rounds } b \\text{ and } c \\text{ down.}</span> <br/><span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(E)}\\ \\text{She rounds } c \\text{ up, and she rounds } a \\text{ and } b \\text{ down.}</span></p>&#10;<hr/>&#10;<p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>&#10;", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2015 AMC 12A Problem 5", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/15_amc12A_p06", "prev": "/problem/15_amc12A_p04"}}