Mrs. Smith has 26 students. She wants to give each student 4 balloons each. There is 9 balloons in each package. How many packages will she need.

Question

How do I solve this problem?

Answer 1

Mrs. Smith wants 26 * 4 balloons, which is 104 balloons.

 

The total needs to be in sets of 9, so 104 divided by 9 = 11 with a remainder of 5.

So, Mrs. Smith needs to buy 12 packages of 9, which is 108 balloons.  She can give each student 4 balloons and keep 4 for herself - a 'big kid'.

 

Hope that helps, Bev.

Mary Ann