Question

a sporting goods company can ship 6 footballs in each carton. how many cartons are needed to ship 75 footballs

Answer 1

75 ÷ 6 = 12.5 round up to the next whole number... 13

Answer 2

Answer:

13

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello, I can help you with this

you can easily solve this by using a simple rule of three.

Step 1

Define

a sporting goods company can ship 6 footballs in each carton

6 footballs ⇔ 1 cartons

then,how many cartons are needed to ship 75 footballs?

75 footballs ⇔ x? carton

Step 2

do the relation and solve for x

$\frac{ 6\ footballs }{1\ carton}=\frac{ 75\ footballs }{x\ carton} \\\ 6\ footballs *x\ carton= 75\ footballs *1\ carton \\x\ cartons=\frac{75\ footballs *1\ carton}{6\ footballs } \\x\ cartons=12.5 cartons\\x=12.5$

you can not use 0.5 cartons, so you will need 13 cartons

I really hope it helps, Have a great day.