Question

2. Lana owns an office supply shop. At the beginning of each school year, shechooses two or three products to donate to the local middle school.a. The table shows the school supplies that Lana has in her shop and how manyof each kind she has in stock. Lana is considering different options ofsupplies to donate. For each option, determine the greatest number ofidentical boxes she could pack and the number of each supply item she couldput in the boxes.School Supplies Number inStock78Packages of PencilsPackages of Markers93Notebooks96Erasers87Folders54

Answer 1

If three products, Packages of markers (93 markers), Folders (54) and Erasers (87) are choosen,

The greatest number of boxes is 4,

`\text{Greatest number of boxes=}(93+54+87)/(54)=(234)/(54)=\approx4\text{ boxes}`

`\begin{gathered} \text{Number of folders in each box =}(54)/(4)=13.5 \\ \text{Number of erasers in each box =}(87)/(4)=21.75 \\ \text{Number of packages of markers =}(93)/(4)=23.25 \end{gathered}`

The number of folders in each box is 13

The numebr of erasers in each box is 21

The numnber of packages of markers in each box is 23