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A shop owner needs to put 57 plants on shelves. Each shelf can hold 9 plants.

The owner uses this number sentence.
57 +9 = 613
Which statement can be used to determine the number of shelves needed?
O A. She will need 3 shelves with each shelf holding 6 plants.
B. She will need 6 shelves with each shelf holding 9 plants.
C. She will need 7 shelves with 6 shelves holding 9 plants each and 1 shelf holding 3 plants.
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D. She will need 9 shelves with 6 shelves holding 3 plants each and 1 shelf holding 6 plants.

User Prashant Shirke
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Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Because If it is per shelf then to find the answer you need to use multiplication.

57 divided by 9 is 6 with 3 leftover so 6 shelves can hold 54 plants equally. But since there are still plants leftover you need one more extra shelf to hold the extra 3.

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I don't know how I would explain this, sorry.

Somebody else would probably be able to explain this better than me.

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