Question

a teacher has three packages of crayons. one package contains 52 crayons, another contains 12 crayons, and the third package contains 96 crayons. how many crayons will each student receive if the teacher divides them equally among her class of 22 students?

Answer 1

Answer: 7 crayons

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve we first must find the total number of crayons available by adding up how many crayons are in each container.

         56+12+96 = 160 crayons total

Next we take this number and divide it by 22 (the number of students in the class) to determine how many crayon each student gets

         160 crayons/22 students = 7.272727 crayons per student

However, it's important to note that this number is not a whole number. We must then round down to the nearest whole number because students aren't given fractions of crayons.

         7.272727 ==> 7 crayons per student