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Janine is packing carrots. Each large box holds 20 2-pound bags of carrots. If janine has 800 bags of carrots, how many boxes can she fill?

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This is a division problem:

Each box holds 20 bags.

800 bags / 20 bags per box = # of boxes

40 boxes are needed.
User RavensKrag
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Answer: The number of boxes she can fill is 40

Explanation:

Given : Janine is packing carrots. Each large box holds 20 2-pound bags of carrots.

i.e. the number of 2-pound bags of carrots in each box = 20

The number of bags of carrot = 800

The number of boxes she can fill is given by :-


(800)/(20)=40

Therefore , the number of boxes she can fill is 40.

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