Montel can't keep up with the demand for the latest best-selling book. He had to order more copies twice this week. On Monday he placed an order for 96 books. On Wednesday he ordered 264 more. All the books arrived on Friday. There were 24 books in each box. How many boxes of books did Montel receive?

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anonymous · Answer

Start with the total number of books that arrived on Friday (assuming they came packed together). How many is that?

anonymous · Answer

360 divided by 24.

anonymous · Answer

24x10=240
360-240=120
120 is half of 240. half of 10 is five. 
10+5=15
15 boxes of books