Question

Mrs. Smith is making fruit skewers for a party. She has 275 pieces of fruit. She skewers 4 pieces of fruit on each stick. How many sticks does she need for all of the fruit? sticks

Answer 1

Answer: 69

Step-by-step explanation:

Her total fruits is 275.

So 275/4=68.75

But, we can't have 0.75 of a stick, so we round up to 69.

To check, you can just do 69x4=276.

It doesn't matter that we have an extra stick because 68 of the sticks will have 4 fruits on them and 1 stick will have 3.

Answer 2

You would take 275/4 and get 68.75, meaning she will need 69 skewers but one will be incomplete, or she will need 68 and have 3 pieces of fruit left over.