Question

Janine is packing carrots. Each large box holds 20 2-pound bags of carrots. If janine has 800 bags of carrots, how many boxes can she fill?

Answer 1

Answer: The number of boxes she can fill is 40

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Janine is packing carrots. Each large box holds 20 2-pound bags of carrots.

i.e. the number of  2-pound bags of carrots in each box = 20

The number of bags of carrot = 800

The number of boxes she can fill is given by :-

$\dfrac{800}{20}=40$

Therefore , the number of boxes she can fill is 40.

Answer 2

This is a division problem: 

Each box holds 20 bags.

800 bags / 20 bags per box = # of boxes 

40 boxes are needed.