Johnny plans to buy a pencil for each of his 21 students. There are six pencils in each package. How many packages must he buy?

Mathematics

1 answer:

goldenfox [79]3 years ago

5 0

Hi!

So we need to know how many times 6 goes into 21.

6, 12, 18, 24

6 doesn't go into 21 evenly, so Johnny will have to pick between buying 18 pencils, or 24 pencils.

If Johnny buys 3 packages, 3 students won't have any pencils. Which means Johnny has to buy 4 packages.

Hope this helps! :)

-Peredhel

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