Question

Micah purchases 6 boxes of assorted pens at a thrift store. There are 24 pens in each box. He tests the pens in the first box and 12 of them write. Which statement about the pens in the remaining boxes is best supported by this information? * A. No more than 48 pens will write. B. Between 56 and 96 pens will write.C. At least 96 pens but less than 120 pens will write. D. All 120 pens will write.

Answer 1

The total number of remaining pens would be: 5*24 = 120. From the information given we can see that half of them would write. So the number of pens which would write must be 60. The answer would be the option B as the result is between 56 and 96.