Question

For a scavenger hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag of 440 jelly beans evenly into 20 plastic containers and hid them around the yard. If, after the hunt, Jim has a total of 242 jelly beans, then how many of the plastic containers did he find?

Answer 1

Answer: 11

Explanation:

Given

Jim's mom distributed a bag of 440 Jelly beans evenly in to 20 Plastic bags

i.e.each bag has
`(440)/(20)=22` Jelly.

After the hunt, Jim has 242 Jelly. This much Jelly constitutes

`\Rightarrow (242)/(22)=11\ \text{bags}`

Therefore, Jim has 11 bags of Jellys