Question

A recycling company had eight hundred ninety - five pounds of material to sort. To make it easier they split them into boxes with each full box having forty-six pounds,how many full boxes did they have?

Answer 1

19 full boxes

Explanation:

(895 lb)÷(46 lb/box) = 19 21/46 boxes

They have 19 full boxes.

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And 21 pounds in a partially-full box.