Question

A contractor needs to buy nails to build a house. The nails come in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box has 100 nails and each large box has 350 nails. The contractor bought a total of 9 boxes that have 2400 nails altogether. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of small boxes purchased and the number of large boxes purchased. Define the variables that you use to write the system.

Answer 1

3 small boxes and 6 large ones

Explanation:

3 times 100 equals 300 and 6 times 350 is 2100 and 2100 plus 300 is 2400.