Question

Asia has 47 pencils to put in the pencil boxes she makes to sell at a fair. She puts 5 pencils in each box. How many boxes can Asia fill?

Answer 1

Asia can fill 9 full boxes with pencils, with 47 pencils and putting 5 pencils in each box.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question asks about dividing a certain number of pencils equally into boxes and is grounded in basic division. Asia has 47 pencils and wants to put 5 pencils in each box.

To find out how many full boxes she can fill, you would divide the total number of pencils by the number of pencils per box:

1. Divide 47 by 5.
2. The result is 9 with a remainder of 2.
3. Therefore, Asia can fill 9 full boxes with pencils, and there will be 2 pencils leftover.