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Patton's Kitchen Supply needs to store 9,817 boxes in their warehouse. If they can put 8 boxes on each shelf, how many shelves will they need?

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Answer:

1228

Explanation:

9817 / 8 = 1227.125

We will round up because this is a real world problem and we will assume there has to be a whole number of shelves.

1228 would be your final answer