Question

On his way to a job site, Spencer stops to buy bags of concrete mix. Each bag weighs 60 pounds. Spencer’s truck can carry at most 1,700 pounds, and he already has 320 pounds of tools and other equipment in his truck. What are the possible numbers of bags of concrete mix Spencer can buy?

Answer 1

28 bags but see below

Explanation:

Start by subtracting 320 from 1700

1700 - 320 = 1680

Now he can buy any number of bags as long as he doesn't go over 1680 pounds. Let's see what that means

1680 / 60 = 28 bags of cement.

The answer to the math problem is 28 bags.

In real life, you likely want to trim it that close. What if you hit a bump. That would be very hard on the springs. I'd drop it down to 26 bags if I was actually transporting concreate mix.

He could by any number of bags between 1 and 28 in a math class and a few less in actual practice.