Question

pencils come in cartons of 24  boxes. A school bought 50 cartons of pencils for the start of school. Each box of pencils cost  $2. How much did the school spend on pencils?

Answer 1

The school spent $2400 on pencils.

Solution-

Number of pencils come in cartons of pencil box = 24

Number of cartons of pencils bought by the school = 50

So,

`\text{Number of total pencils}=\text{Number of pencils in a box}* \text{Number of box}\\\\=24* 50=1200`

Price of each pencil = $2

So,

`\text{Total cost}=\$2\ *\ \text{Number of pencils}\\\\=\$2\ *\ 1200\\\\=\$ 2400`

Therefore, the school spent $2400 on pencils.