Question

During a food drive, one classroom collected 268 cans of food and another classroom collected 424 cans. They packed the cans in boxes with 24 cans in each box. Estimate how many boxes they need to hold all of the cans.

Answer 1

To estimate the number of boxes needed to hold 692 cans collected during a food drive, divide the total number of cans by the number of cans per box (24). This results in about 29 boxes needed when rounded up to the nearest whole number.

Step-by-step explanation:

To estimate the number of boxes needed to hold all the cans collected during a food drive by two classrooms, we first need to sum up the total number of cans collected. One classroom collected 268 cans and the other 424 cans. Adding these together gives us a total of 692 cans.

Since each box can hold 24 cans, we can divide the total number of cans by the number of cans per box to estimate how many boxes are needed.

The calculation for the estimated number of boxes is as follows:

1. Calculate the total number of cans: 268 cans + 424 cans = 692 cans.
2. Divide the total number of cans by the number of cans per box: 692 cans ÷ 24 cans/box.
3. The division yields 28.833 boxes. Since you cannot have a fraction of a box, you would round up to the next whole number, which means approximately 29 boxes are needed.