Question

Nikki counted 5450 total marbles in her collection and wants to store them in all of her jars. She has 11 red, 6 blue, and 8 yellow jars. She wants to place the same number of marbles in each jar.

a) 216 marbles
b) 218 marbles
c) 495 marbles
d) 5475 marbles

Answer 1

Nikki can distribute her marbles evenly by placing 218 marbles in each of the 25 jars she has, making the correct answer (b) 218 marbles.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking how many marbles Nikki can place in each jar if she wants to distribute an equal number of marbles to all her jars. Nikki counted a total of 5450 marbles and she has 11 red jars, 6 blue jars, and 8 yellow jars, which adds up to 25 jars in total (11+6+8=25).

To find out how many marbles go into each jar, we divide the total number of marbles by the total number of jars: 5450 marbles ÷ 25 jars = 218 marbles per jar. Therefore, the correct answer is (b) 218 marbles.