After dividing 980 by 9, we find that the movie theatre will need to purchase 109 packages of popcorn buckets to receive at least 980 buckets.
To determine how many packages of popcorn buckets the movie theatre needs to buy, we can use division. Since there are 9 buckets in each package and the theatre needs a total of 980 buckets, we will divide 980 by 9.
980 รท 9 = 108 with a remainder of 8.
Since they can't purchase a fraction of a package, and they need full packages, the theatre must round up the number of packages they need. Therefore, they must buy 109 packages.
This will yield them a total of 109 x 9 = 981 buckets, which is one more than needed, but it's the closest they can get by purchasing whole packages.