Question

There are 9 blue boxes, and you want to group them into pairs of 2 blue boxes each. How many pairs of blue boxes can you create?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Answer 1

When grouping 9 blue boxes into pairs of 2, you can create 4 pairs, with one blue box remaining. The correct answer is D. 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks how many pairs of blue boxes can you create with 9 blue boxes, grouping them into pairs of 2 blue boxes each. To find the number of pairs, you would divide the total number of blue boxes by the number in each pair.

There are 9 blue boxes and since a pair is made up of 2 boxes, we divide 9 by 2, which gives us 4 pairs with 1 blue box remaining. Therefore, you can create 4 pairs of blue boxes. The leftover box cannot form a complete pair.

The correct answer is: D. 4