Question

Kennedy needs to order some new supplies for the restaurant where she works. The restaurant needs at least 512 spoons. There are currently 264 spoons. If each set on sale contains 6 spoons, what is the minimum number of sets of spoons Kennedy should buy?

Answer 1

Kennedy should buy 42 sets of spoons, as she needs a minimum of 512 spoons to meet the restaurant's needs and each set contains 6 spoons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Kennedy needs to calculate the minimum number of spoon sets to buy, given that the restaurant needs at least 512 spoons and there are currently 264 spoons. Each set contains 6 spoons. To solve this, Kennedy should first determine how many additional spoons are needed by subtracting the existing spoons from the total required spoons:

512 spoons needed - 264 spoons available = 248 spoons required.

Next, she would calculate the number of sets needed by dividing the spoons required by the number spoons per set:

248 spoons required / 6 spoons per set = 41.333 sets.

Since Kennedy cannot buy a fraction of a set, she needs to round up to the nearest whole number, so the minimum number of sets Kennedy needs to buy is:

42 sets.