Workers inc. just bought 14 boxes of pens to put in their storage room for employees to use as needed. each box contains 50 pens

Question

4 years ago

5

Workers inc. just bought 14 boxes of pens to put in their storage room for employees to use as needed. each box contains 50 pens

. if each of the 33 employees working for workers inc. take 4 pens when they are first brought into the office, how many pens will be left in the storage room?

Mathematics

2 answers:

slega [8] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-18T10:27:02+03:00

slega [8]4 years ago

4 0

Answer:

568 pens.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of pens bought = 14 * 50 = 700.

Total pens taken by the workers = 33 * 4 = 132.

Number left = 700 - 132 = 568.

Brilliant_brown [7] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-18T11:40:33+03:00

Brilliant_brown [7]4 years ago

4 0

Answer: 568 pens would be left

in total, there are 700 pens (14 x 50)

each worker takes 4 pens (33 x 4) so in total they’ve taken 132 pens

700 - 132 = 568

Step-by-step explanation: