Question

Need help Bad sow work need that to 1. Megan works at Amazon’s warehouse. She is responsible for packing boxes into crates for shipment. Each crate can hold 32 boxes, and she needs to ship 712 boxes. a. Megan thinks she can fit all 712 boxes into 22 crates. Is her estimate correct? Why or why not? EXPLAIN YOUR REASONING b. How many crates will Megan need to pack all 712 boxes? Round to the nearest whole number. SHOW YOUR WORK

Answer 1

a) her estimate is wrong, because 22 crates can only contain 704 boxes

b) 23 crates

Explanation:

Each crate can hold 32 boxes and there are total of 712 boxes.

Megan thinks she can fit all 712 boxes into 22 crates.

Now multiplying 22 crates 32 boxes to know the number of boxes22 crates can contain

= 22*32

= 704 boxes

The boxes are not all contacts in 22 crates

To pack 712 boxes

She Will need = 712/32 crates

She will need= 22.25 crates

Rounding up to whole number she will need 23 crates