Question

A) Every day a machine makes 500 000 staples and puts

them into boxes.
The machine needs 165 staples to fill a box.
How many boxes can be filled with the 500 000 staples?
b) Each staple is made from 0.24 g of metal.
How many staples can be made from 1 kg of metal?

Answer 1

Answer: 3,030

Part A:

Explanation:

1: 165 per box

2: 500,000 staples total

3: Divide

( 500,000/165 = 3,030)

Answer 2

a) To find the number of boxes that can be filled with 500,000 staples, we need to divide the total number of staples by the number of staples required to fill one box. So, we have:

Number of boxes = 500,000 / 165

Number of boxes = 3,030.303...

Since we can't have a fraction of a box, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the machine can fill 3,030 boxes with the 500,000 staples.

b) To find the number of staples that can be made from 1 kg of metal, we need to divide the weight of the metal by the weight of each staple. So, we have:

Number of staples = 1,000 / 0.24

Number of staples = 4,166.666...

Again, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, 1 kg of metal can be used to make 4,166 staples.

Explanation: