Question

Rob has 96 football cards.Rob filled 3 fewer plastic boxes with football cards than basketball cards.He filled 9 boxes with basketball cards. How many boxes did he fill with football cards? How many football cards were in each box?

Answer 1

Answer: 16 boxes and 6 football cards in each box.

Explanation:

Here total football cards rob has = 96

And, He filled 9 boxes with basketball cards.

Also, Rob filled 3 fewer plastic boxes with football cards than basketball cards.

Therefore, football cards in each boxes = 9 - 3 = 6

Thus, the number of boxes he can fill with football cards = 96/6 =16