Question

marissa wants to pack 172 hamster into cages she can only pack 6 hamsters in each cage how many cages will she need to pack all 172 hamster.

Answer 1

okay anna lets see. What is the total number of hamsters?

Answer 2

First, divide the total number of hamsters you want in cages by the amount of hamsters that will fit per cage.
172/6 = 28.6666667
Since this is not an even number, this means that there won't be exactly 6 hamsters in every cage.
This means we will need to add an extra cage, which will make 29 cages, to put all hamsters in a cage.
If you times 28 by 6...you will get 168 hamsters...so there will only be 4 hamsters, not 6, in the 29th cage.
Therefore, you will need 29 cages, but there will only be 4 hamsters in the last.
Hope you understand!