Question

A worker at a mill is loading 5-lb bags of flour into boxes to deliver to a local warehouse. Each box holds 12 bags of flour. If the warehouse orders 3 Tons of flour, how many boxes are needed to fulfill the order?

Answer 1

you would need 50 boxes

Answer 2

1 ton = 2,000 pounds so they literally need 6,000 pounds of flournow we gotta divide 6,000 by 5 6,000/5 = 1,200we now have to divide that number by 12 1,200/12 = 100they would need 100 boxes