Question

125 Children get one pen, there are 8
pens in a pack. How many pens are
needed?

Answer 1

125 pens and 16 packs.

Explanation:

Given:

• Each child gets 1 pen.

• There are 125 children.
• Each pack has 8 pens.

Each child gets 1 pen, so there needs to be 125 pens.

Since there are 8 pens in a pack, there will need to be:

125 / 8 = 15.62

Estimate:

16 packs

There needs to be 16 packs for the 125 children.

Answer 2

16 packs

Explanation:

Take the number of children and divide by the number of pens in a pack

125/8

15.625

We need to round up to get the number of packs

16 packs