Question

Lexi needs 144 beads.A large box holds 100 beads.A medium box holds 10 beads.a small box holds 1 bead.lexi already had 1 large box and small boxes.how many medium boxes of beads does she need?

Answer 1

The total number of beads that Lexi could accommodate based on the on hand items is 101 beads. Subtract the number of beads she needs which is 144 beads with 101 beads. The amount of beads that would need a box is 43 beads. Since a medium box could only accommodate 10 beads at a time, divide 43 with 10 and the answer would be 4 remainder 3. Thus Lexi would only need 4 medium boxes.