Question

A gift shop at an amusement park sells key chains. The gift shop has 55 key chains. When the number of key chains is below 10, the manager will reorder. If the gift shop sells 4 key chains each day, how many days will it take before the manager has to reorder?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

this equation can be derived from the question

55 - 4x < 10

< = less than

x = number of days

solve for x

55 - 10 < 4x

45 < 4x

x < 11.25

at the 11th day, there would be 11 keys left

on the 12th day, there would be 7 keys left

the correct answer is 12 days