Question

A school has a goal of getting at least 2000 boxtops. They have 872 so far. They have 8 days left to get it. At least how many do they need to collect each day to meet or exceed their goal?

Answer 1

School needs to collect at least 144 box tops each day to meet their goal.

Explanation:

The total requirement of box tops = 2,000

The number of box tops they have already received = 872

So, the box tops left = Total number required- Number of tops received

=2,000 - 872

= 1,128 box tops are left so far.

Number of days left = 8

So, number of minimum tops needed each day =
`\frac{\textrm{Total tops required}}{\textrm{Number of days left}}`

=
`(1128)/(8) = 141`

Hence, they need to collect at least 144 box tops each day to meet their goal.