Question

Which is the most appropriate operation to use to solve this problem? - Tony's job is to stack the cans on the shelves at the local store. He has 585 cans to stack evenly on 15 shelves. How many cans should he place on each shelf? *
A) multiplication
B) division
C) subtraction
D) addition

Answer 1

I would say division

Answer 2

I would say division, you are trying to see how many cans can fit on those 15 shelves so you should do 585/15.