Question

Josh wants to buy cookies for a party. If he needs 120 cookies for the party and each box has 16 in it. How many boxes does he need to buy?

Answer 1

8 boxes

Explanation:

Make an equation

We know each box has 16 cookies and that we want 120 total, but we don't know how many boxes

16x=120

Divide by 16 on both sides

x=7.5

He needs to buy 8 boxes, because if he bought 7, there wouldn't be enough

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