Question

Arjun has to pack 15,276 pastries into boxes of 6 pastries each. He has to pack all the pastries.

a. Which arithmetic operation can be used to find the number of boxes?
b. If Arjun took 1400 boxes to pack all pastries, Is he correct? Justify your answer.

Answer 1

No, Arjun would need 2546 boxes

Explanation:

Since he needs to pack 15,276 pastries into boxes of 6, this equation can be used to determine the amount of boxes needed. Hope this helps!