Question

Workers Inc. just bought 10 boxes of pens to put in their storage room for employees to use as needed. Each box contains 30 pens. If each of the 32 employees working for Workers Inc. takes 3 pens when they are first brought into the office, how many pens will be left in the storage room?

A. 268
B. 204
C. 297
D. 230

Answer 1

B. 204 pens

Explanation:

If you have 10 boxes of 30 pens each, the problem would be like so:

10 x 30 = 300

Now, since we have 32 workers that each take 3, this turns into:

32 x 3 = 96

Finally, because 300 is the total amount of pens and 96 is the amount taken, we just subtract to get:

300 - 96 = 204 pens