Question

- Marsha's Bakery packages cupcakes 24 to a box. She recently received an order from a local university for 2225 cupcakes. If she fill each box with 24 cupcakes, except for the last one, how many full boxes of cupcakes are needed and how many cupcakes will be in the last box?​

Answer 1

Marsha's Bakery would need 92 full boxes to package 2225 cupcakes, with 17 cupcakes in the last box.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine how many full boxes of cupcakes are needed for an order of 2225 cupcakes where each box contains 24 cupcakes, we need to divide the total number of cupcakes by the number contained in each box. The division of 2225 cupcakes by 24 cupcakes per box will give us the number of full boxes plus any remaining cupcakes.

Doing the math:

1. Divide 2225 by 24 to find the number of full boxes: 2225 ÷ 24 = 92 remainder 17.
2. The number of full boxes needed is 92 since we disregard the remainder when counting full boxes.
3. The remaining 17 cupcakes will go in the last box, which will not be completely full.

Therefore, 92 full boxes are needed, and there will be 17 cupcakes in the last box.

Answer 2

17.

Step-by-step explanation:

Divide 2225 by 24 and round down. (92) Multiply 92 by 24 and subtract that (2208) from the total number (2225). you get 17