Question

A farmer needs to pack 2,903 apples into crates to ship to supermarkets. Each crate can hoid

only 30 apples. Choose true or false for each statement.
A. The farmer needs 96 crates to ship out all apples. True or False
B. The farmer needs 97 crates to ship out all the apples. True or False
C. At least one of the crates will not be filled to capacity. True or False
D. To determine the number of crates needed, divide 30 by 2,903. True or False

Answer 1

A. False, you will need another crate in order for all of the apples to be shipped to the supermarkets.

B. True, this will hold all of the apples with some extra space left in the last crate.

C. True, 2,903 divided by 30 is 96.76666666666667. Meaning that one of them won't have exactly 30 apples.

D. False, you divide 2,903 by 30.

Answer 2

A farmer needs to pack 2,903 apples into crates to ship to supermarkets. Each crate can hold only 30 apples. Choose true or false for each statement.

A. The farmer needs 96 crates to ship out all apples. False

B. The farmer needs 97 crates to ship out all the apples. True

C. At least one of the crates will not be filled to capacity. True

D. To determine the number of crates needed, divide 30 by 2,903. False