Question

‘Saturn' chocolate bars are packed either in boxes of 5 or boxes of 12. What is the smallest number of full boxes required to pack exactly 2005 ‘Saturn' bars?

Answer 1

167

Explanation:

Given that :

Saturn chocolate bars are either packed in 5's or 12's

The smallest number of boxes required to pack 2005 bars ;

In other to arrive at smallest number of boxes, then we need to pack primarily in 12's

Number of boxes required for 12 packing :

2005 /12 = 167.08333 boxes (167, remainder 1)

Hence, smallest number of boxes to pack 2005 saturn chocolate bars is 167