Question

16. Mr. Stevenson is ordering shirts and hats for his Boy Scout

troop. There are 45 scouts in the troop. Hats come in packs of 3,
and shirts come in packs of 5. What is the least number of packs
of each he should order so that each scout will have 1 hat
and 1 shirt, and none will be left over?

Answer 1

5 packs of shirts

15 packs of hats

Explanation:

you divide the total amount of scouts by the pack size

so to find the number of packs for the shirts

45/3=15

so 15 packs of hats

45/15=3

so 5 packs of shirts