Question

For a test 360 #2 pencils will be needed to distribute 3 pencils to every eight grader. If one box contains 12 pencils, how many boxes of pencils will be needed. Write and solve a multiplication equation to answer the question.

Answer 1

Okay, so we are looking for how many boxes are needed. Total number of pencils needed is: 360
This is a division problem. If there are 12 pencils in a box, we will use the following equation.
Necessary pencils/Number of pencils per box.
360/12 = 30
So we need 30 boxes of pencils.

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