Question

So far, Carmella has collected 14 boxes of baseball cards. There are 315 cards in each box. Carmella estimates that she has about 3,000 cards, so she buys 6 albums that hold 500 cards each.

a. Will the albums have enough space for all of her cards? Why or why not?
b. How many cards does Carmella have?
c. How many albums will she need for all of her baseball cards?

Answer 1

4410 cards, 9 albums

Explanation:

Number of cards in a box = 315

Number of boxes = 14

b) Total number of cards = Number of boxes × Number of cards in 1 box

=
`315* 14 = 4410`

a) Carmella estimated she had 3,000 cards so she bought a 6 album of 500 cards.

No, 6 albums are not enough as she estimated wrong number of cards. There are total of 4410 cards but she estimated it to be 3000 cards.

c) Total number of albums required =
`\displaystyle\frac{\text{Total number of cards}}{\text{Number of card 1 album can hold}}`

`=(4410)/(500) = 8.82 \approx 9`

Thus, she will require 9 albums to put all her cards.