Question

Jessie went to the candy shop and bought 22. 8 pounds of candies. She divided them equally and packed them in boxes. If each box weighed 2 pounds, how many boxes did Jessie use to pack the candies?

Answer 1

11 boxes

Explanation:

Jessie bought 22.8 pounds of candies and divided them equally into boxes.

If each box weighed 2 pounds, then the number of boxes Jessie used to pack the candies is:

22.8 ÷ 2 = 11.4

Therefore, Jessie used 11 boxes to pack the candies.

[However, all the candies may not have been packed, because you cannot have 0.4 of a box.]