Question

A pound of popcorn is popped for a class party. The popped corn is put into small popcorn boxes that each hold 130 popped kernels. There are 1,450 kernels in a pound of unpopped popcorn. If all the boxes are filled except for the last box, how many boxes are needed and how many popped kernels are in the last box?
a.
120 boxes with 20 popped kernels in the last box

b.
11 boxes with 130 popped kernels in the last box

c.
12 boxes with 20 popped kernels in the last box

d.
11 boxes with 20 popped kernels in the last box

Answer 1

The answer is option d, which is
11 boxes with 20 popped kernels in the last box