Question

mr. devito was ordering pencils for apl fourth grade students. There are 118 fourth graders. Pencils come in packs of 6. He needs to order enough packs for each student to get 2 pencils each. How many packs will he need to order?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mr. devito needs to buy 40 packs

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Total number of fourth grade students = 118

The number of pencils in one pack = 6

The number pencil each student gets   =2

To find:

The number of packs of pencils that is to be bought  = ?

Solution:

To give all the 118 fourth grade students each 2 pencils , the total number of pencils needed will be

= >  $118 \times 2$

=>  236 Pencils

We know that a pack contains 6 pencils, so the number of pack that has to be bought , in order to have 236 pencils will be

=> $\frac{ \text{total number of pencils}}{\text{ number of pencils per pack }}$

On substituting the values

=> $\frac{236}{6}$

=> 39.33

=> 40