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A movie theater needed 48 popcorn buckets. If each package has 9 buckets in it, how many packages will they need to buy?

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Explanation:

if each package has 9 buckets and they need 48 buckets then divide 48 by 9 and that is 5.33333, since the movie theater cannot buy 5.33333 buckets (obvi) tehy would need to buy 6

User Daniel Quinlan
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Answer:

Explanation:

48 ÷ 9 = 5·33333333333 Reoccurring

So you will need 6 packets of to cover the ·3333333333

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