Question

Montel can't keep up with the demand for the latest best-selling book. He had to order more copies twice this week. On Monday he placed an order for 96 books. On Wednesday he ordered 264 more. All the books arrived on Friday. There were 24 books in each box. How many boxes of books did Montel receive? 4 boxes

Answer 1

Fifteen boxes of books.

Answer 2

Montel received 15 boxes of books.

Step-by-step explanation:

This question can be solved by a rule of three.

We have that:

On Monday he placed an order for 96 books. On Wednesday he ordered 264 more. This means that he ordered 264+96 = 360 books.

There were 24 books in each box. Considering that there was 360 books, how many boxes there was?

1 box - 24 books

x boxes - 360 books

`24x = 360`

`x = (360)/(24)`

`x = 15`

Montel received 15 boxes of books.