Question

A store owner bought a large box of 5135 paper. clips he wants to repackage the paper clips into 18 smaller boxes each box that contain the same amount of paper clips about how many paper clips should the store owner put into each the box

Answer 1

About 285 should go into each box

All you have to do is divide 5135 by 18

Answer 2

Answer: 287

Explanation:

Given : A store owner bought a large box of 5135 paper clips

He wants to repackage the paper clips into 18 smaller boxes each box that contain the same amount of paper clips .

Then by using the division operation , the number of clips should the store owner put into each the box :-

`5135/18=285.277777778\approx285` [Rounded to the nearest whole number.]

∴ The store owner should put 287 paper clips into each the box.