Kris K.

asked • 10/14/14

How many books?

John bought 15 boxes of books. There were 27,075 books in each box. How many books did John buy?

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Katherine H. answered • 10/14/14

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Its a multiplication question:
 
You have 15 books with 27,075 books insides each
 
(27,075 books/box) x (15 boxes) = 406,125 books
 
(27,075) x (15) = 406,125
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Kris K.

Okay. Thank you. The answers that were given weren't anywhere close to that, and the way they showed it, they used division. I was just making sure I was right. Thank you.
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Byron S.

Side note: If the problem had stated "There are 27,075 total books in all the boxes." rather than in "each box" and asked for number of boxes, not books, then it would have been a division problem.
(27,075 books) / (15 books/box) = 1805 boxes.
That may be what the example you saw used.
 
As stated, Katherine's answer is correct.
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