Question

There are 1,657 souvenir paperweights that need to be packed in boxes. Each box will hold 17

Answer 1

Answer:

Therefore we can say that 98 boxes will be needed to hold all the paperweights.

Step-by-step explanation:

i) there are 1657 souvenir paperweights that need to be packed in boxes.

ii) each box will hold 17 paperweights

iii) therefore the number of boxes that will be needed are

   = $\dfrac{total\hspace{0.15cm} number\hspace{0.15cm} souvenir\hspace{0.15cm} paperweights}{number\hspace{0.15cm} of\hspace{0.15cm} paperweights\hspace{0.15cm} per\hspace{0.15cm} box}$  = $\dfrac{1657}{17}$ = 97.471

iv) Therefore we can say that 98 boxes will be needed to hold all the paperweights.