Question

Mr Johnson has 4 boxes of pencils with 7 pencils

in each box. If he gives each of his 26 students a
pencil, how many pencils will he have left?

Answer 1

2 pencils leftover

Explanation:

Given:

4 boxes with 7 pencils each

Number of students:

26

Total Pencils

4*7 = 28

He has 28 pencils in total.

Unknown:

Number of extra pencils

Unknown = total pencils - total students

= 28 - 26 = 2

Answer = 2 pencils leftover

Hope this helped,

Kavitha Banarjee