Question

The table shows different ways that Cameron can display his 12 model cars on shelves. How many shelves will display 2 cars if 8 of the shelves each display 1 car?

Answer 1

Total number of model cars Cameron has = 12

According to the above statement, each of the 8 shelves display 1 car. This means the 8 shelves display 8 cars in total. Cameron has total 12 cars. 8 out of these 12 cars are already being displayed, so he is left with 4 cars.

The remaining cars are to be displayed with 2 cars on a shelf. Since there are 4 cars remaining, Cameron needs to more shelves to display these 4 cars.

Therefore, the answer to this question is:
2 shelves will display 2 cars each. 

Answer 2

2 shelves

he already has 8 cars on shelves so 12-8=4
4÷2=2 shelves.