Question

A classroom has 4 new boxes of chalk and 6 individual pieces of chalk in use. How many total pieces of chalk are in the classroom?

Answer 1

The total number of pieces of chalk in the classroom will be the number of pieces in the 4 boxes in addition to the six individual pieces.

The average box of chalk holds 12 pieces of chalk
This means that 4 boxes have 12*4 = 48 pieces

Total number of pieces = 48 + 6 = 54 pieces of chalk