A truck delivers 32 cases of soup to a store. Each case holds 8 cans of soup. The store manager plans to place 9 cans on each shelf. What is the fewest number shelves the manager

Question

will need for all of the canS of soups delivered by the truck?

Answer 1

Hello, take a look below:

There are 32 cases, each containing 8 cans of soup. How many total cans are there?

32 x 8 = 256 cans

Each shelf can have 9 cans on it. 9 goes into 256 how many times?

256 / 9 = 28.444

Would you need 28 shelves of 29 shelves?

28 shelves would mean that some cans would not be on a shelf. 29 shelves would mean that one shelf will not be fully filled. We pick 29 shelves so that all cans are on a shelf.