Question

A school librarian is filling boxes with 8 books each. She has filled 12 boxes so far. She has 190 more books to put in boxes. When she is done, how many boxes will she have filled?

a) 11
b) 20
c) 23
d) 35

Answer 1

The school librarian will have filled 36 boxes in total.

Step-by-step explanation:

The school librarian has filled 12 boxes with 8 books each, which totals to 12 x 8 = 96 books. She has 190 more books to put in boxes, so the total number of books she needs to put in boxes is 96 + 190 = 286 books.

Since each box can hold 8 books, we can find the number of boxes needed to hold 286 books by dividing 286 by 8: 286 ÷ 8 = 35.75. Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, we round up to the nearest whole number, which is 36 boxes.

Therefore, when the librarian is done, she will have filled 36 boxes in total.