184k views
3 votes
Jacob has 96 books to stack on library shelves each shelf can hold 9 books how many shelves will he need to stack all the books.

User Baruch
by
6.0k points

2 Answers

1 vote

Answer:

Jacob will need eleven shelves in order to stack all the books

Step-by-step explanation:

(9)=1 shelf

(18)= 2 shelves

(27)= 3 shelves

(36)= 4 shelves

(45)= 5 shelves

(54)= 6 shelves

(63)= 7 shelves

(72)= 8 shelves

(81)= 9 shelves

(90)= 10 shelves This isn't enough because he has 6 more..therefore

In order to fit 96 books on the library shelves Jacob needs to stack 11 shelves.

User Fahad Hasan
by
6.0k points
3 votes

not social studies but ill answer anyway.

You divide 96/9 you get 10.66...

so he needs eleven shelves

User Ronneseth
by
6.0k points