Question

A chocolatier makes 1,313 chocolate covered strawberries per day. The strawberries are packed into boxes. A large box contains 9 strawberries and a small box contains 4 strawberries. If the large boxes are filled first, how many small boxes are needed?

Answer 1

2 small boxes

Explanation:

The chocolatier makes 1313 chocolate covered strawberries.

The large boxes contains 9 strawberries and the small box contains 4 strawberries.

The large boxes are filled first.

We need to divide 1313 by 9 and find the remainder.

1313 / 9 = 145 remainder 8

This means that 145 large boxes will be needed and 8 strawberries will be left.

The number of small boxes needed is therefore:

8 / 4 = 2 boxes