Question

A bookstore has 36 copies of the latest bestseller and they fit exactly on 3 shelves. The bookstore ordered another 120 copies. How many shelves do they need to fit all their copies of the book?

Answer 1

13

Explanation:

First, to find out how many book fit on one shelf, you will need to divide the total number of books by the toal number of shelves:

36 books / 3 shelves = 12 books/shelf

Because the question says that the bookstore order another 120 copies, this is means that the 120 books is in addition to the original 36 books.

Because we already know that the 36 books require 3 shelves, we still need to find how many shelves 120 books needs. So, we can divide books by number of how many books can fit on a shelf:

120 books / 12 books per shelf = 10 shelves

So to find the total number of shelves needed, add the number of shelves together:

3 + 10 = 13 shelves