Each day a machine makes 500000 staples and puts them into boxes. The machine needs 165 staples to fill a box. How many boxes will be filled with the 500,000 staples?

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Umesh · Answer 1 · 2021-05-02T07:19:05+0000

Answer:3031 boxes will be filled with staples

Explanation:

Given that the machine makes 500000 in a day

So total staples = 500000

Staples in a box = 165

In order to find how many boxes the machine will make, the total number of staples has to be divided by the number of staples in a box.

So,

$number\ of\ boxes = (Total\ staples)/(Staples\ in\ a\ box)\\= (500000)/(165)\\= 3030.30$

As no staples can be left out of box, we will round off the number to next number.

So,

3031 boxes will be filled with staples