Question

Workers inc. just bought 14 boxes of pens to put in their storage room for employees to use as needed. each box contains 50 pens. if each of the 33 employees working for workers inc. take 4 pens when they are first brought into the office, how many pens will be left in the storage room?​

Answer 1

Answer: 568 pens would be left

in total, there are 700 pens (14 x 50)

each worker takes 4 pens (33 x 4) so in total they’ve taken 132 pens

700 - 132 = 568

Explanation:

Answer 2

568 pens.

Explanation:

Total number of pens bought = 14 * 50 = 700.

Total pens taken by the workers = 33 * 4 = 132.

Number left = 700 - 132 = 568.