Question

A beekeeper harvested enough honey to fill 224 jars. He packs the jars into boxes with 6 jars in each box. About how many boxes does he need?

A.
40

B.
400

C.
30

D.
300

Answer 1

Answer: A) 40

Work Shown:

224/6 = 37.333 approximately

Rounding up to the nearest integer is 38. He'll need 38 boxes. Unfortunately, this isn't listed as an answer choice. But the next best thing is 40 boxes.