Question

For a scavenger hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag of 858 jelly beans evenly into 26 plastic containers and hid them around the yard. If, after the hunt, Jim has a total of 330 jelly beans, then how many of the plastic containers did he find?

*HELP ASAP*

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

So, Jim's Mom had distributed 33 jellybeans into each of the 26 containers that were placed (found by dividing 858 by 26). If Jim had only collected 330 jellybeans, that would mean he had found 10 of the 26 containers since 33 times 10 is equal to 330. We can check this work by multiplying 33 and 26 to get the original number of 858. We can also add together 330 and the remaining number of jellybeans, 528, to get 858.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Find out how much is in one bag.

858 / 26 = 33 jelly beans in each of the 26 bags.

So what did Jim get

He got a total of 330 jelly beans

Each bag contained 33 beans

Plastic containers = Total beans / beans per bag

total beans = 330

beans / bag = 33

Number of bags = 330/33 = 10

He found 10 containers.