Question

North ridge middle school collected 5,022 cans of food drive. each of the 18 homerooms collected about the same number of cans. about how many cans did each homeroom collect

Answer 1

Each home room had 279 cans
5,022 divided by 18 = 279
279 times 18 = 5,022 . answer: 279 cans per homeroom

Answer 2

279

Explanation:

Condition: Each of the 18 homerooms collected about the same number of cans

Total number of cans of food drive collected = 5,022

Number of rooms (with each having the same) = 18

Number of cans collected per room = 5,022/18

= 279

Each homeroom collected 279 cans.